Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 05, 2013
August 04, 2013
August 06, 2013
Transcript:
You'll be sorry... Simply touching the stinging Gympie Gympie shrub of Australia and Asia can inflict intense pain that can last for several months! The child musicians of the Cateura orchestra from the Cateura slums of Paraguay play instruments made from landfill trash! Ladies of Renaissance Europe used eyedrops made from the juice of the belladonna berry- deadly nightshade- to make their eyes appear larger and more attractive!
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BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 11 years ago
I don’t know if it’s true, but I heard that Brian May made his first guitar out of pieces of junk from the trash can.
Brian Fink over 11 years ago
Everything in Australia is out to kill you, it’s nature’s boss level.
gatacinco over 11 years ago
Bella Donna is also used in some natural Sinus remedies. In small quantities it can cure sinus pressure! In large quantities it is considered poison!
roscoedog55 over 11 years ago
Bella Donna extract is also used for Irritable Bowl Syndrome. Hyoscyamine is a used to dry the gut.
Train 1911 over 11 years ago
GYMPIE may be pain full so are the shingles I got them in 2000 13 years later still very pain full
Bob. over 11 years ago
The stinging nettle we have here will wear you out too.
Davepostmp over 11 years ago
I wish I had your magical powers to make such a judgment from a newspaper comic drawing.
joebaxter69 over 11 years ago
Here you go.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I8PbdecuROQ/TfZ-KGQECFI/AAAAAAAAA3g/AL_QAu3V6bY/s400/IMG_0009.JPG
jimguess over 11 years ago
I am surprised that no one actually looked for and enjoyed the music of the “Landfill Harmonic”. Watch, listen, and enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJxxdQox7n0
suzysharpe Premium Member over 11 years ago
the belladona caused their eyes to dialate which made them appear larger but unfortunately this fad was short lived as it caused the ladies to slowly go blind.
gocomicsmember over 11 years ago
@abadaba and @ashburnstadium should look up Toxicodendron diversilobum (west coast poison oak), Toxicodendron pubescens (eastern poison oak), and Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy). Thanks to Wikipedia for providing me with these scientific names.