The Confederate Civil War prisoner camp in Andersonville, Georgia, was an utter nightmare for the many soldiers held within. It was dangerously overcrowded, rife with disease, and food and medical supplies were always in short supply.
Siphonophore Apolemia is suspected to be the longest organism on earth, outsizing both the blue whale and the giant squid. This particular sample is estimated to be 150 meters long. They are not actually single organisms, but rather a colony of cells…