Now, THAT's Shelf Life!

Gold miners in Ontario, Canada, were getting wet. Water was seeping out of the bedrock, and when that water was tested, it was found to be at least a billion years old and probably a lot older. Now scientists are hoping to find some ancient microbes in it: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/16/in-canadas-ancient-water-new-life/