Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 27, 2013
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Transcript:
Camels once roamed the Canadian Arctic. The Rose, a 1966 painting by San Francisco artist Jay Defeo used to so much oil paint that it took 8 years to complete and weighs over 2000 lbs.! Cen Yingyuan of Guangxi Province, China, has hair longer than she is tall after letting it grow to more than 6 feet in 11 years!
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Templo S.U.D. over 11 years ago
so where’s the evidence on Canadian Arctic camels?
hawgowar over 11 years ago
Dinosaurs once roamed the Canadian Arctic, so?
edclectic over 11 years ago
Jay started his painting in the attic but finished it in the cellar.
fixer1967 over 11 years ago
2000 pounds? Just how thick was that paint?
Herb Thiel Premium Member over 11 years ago
Many Pentecostal and other “holiness” women and girls have hair that is well past the floor.
marisdotter over 11 years ago
Here’s an article about the camel fossils that were found in the Canadian Arctic: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/07/173653904/fossils-suggest-giant-relatives-of-modern-camels-roamed-the-canadian-arctic
CHAZ.SHIELDS over 11 years ago
Nope, not nearer the equator, just warmer. The arctic was 14 to 22 degrees Celsius warmer; the globe was two to three degrees warmer. Must have been all the Pliocene Escalades that caused it.
jack fairbanks over 11 years ago
every evenin’ about midnight he’d jump on his camel named clyde, and ride