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11/30/2018 / By Mary Miller

Lesser-known essential items to stockpile for when SHTF

Good preppers are ready with their bug-out bags and survival gear in case SHTF. These are all basic supplies and no prepper would be caught dead without them. However, some unconventional tools could be just as useful for long-term, off-grid living. (h/t to ApartmentPrepper.com) Crossbow A crossbow is not a typical weapon but it is no less convenient or […]

03/25/2018 / By David Williams

Stronghold of all the world’s seeds in the Global Seed Vault reaches the one million mark

The world’s largest repository of crop seeds recently celebrated its 10th-year anniversary. And to mark the occasion, it received shipments of more than 70,000 additional crop varieties from a total of 23 different institutions for it to store. This new shipment just about bumped up its number of stored seeds over the one million mark. […]

04/11/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Doomsday library launched in frozen arctic wasteland to protect knowledge from global apocalypse

The world’s most important books are now protected from the apocalypse. The second “Doomsday Vault,” called The World Arctic Archive, opened in the frozen wasteland of Svalbard, Norway. It is situated alongside the Global Seed Vault which stores a massive collection of seeds needed for humanity to survive should the food supply run out. (RELATED: Discover […]

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