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Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 04, 2013
October 03, 2013
October 05, 2013
Transcript:
What the fork?!! In June 1633, John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, received the first table fork in North America. (But was not sure what to do with it) colonists preferred to use their fingers until the 18th century and saw no use for forks! David Patrick of Los Angeles has reinvented the wheel- he claims that his cube -shaped shark wheel for skateboards is faster and more efficient than a regular circular wheel! The Italian firearms company Beretta- was founded in 1526!
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roscoedog55 over 11 years ago
ty Alex
roscoedog55 over 11 years ago
Shark Wheel.? They sold millions of reinvented downhill skis.Calling it a parabolic ski. People actually bought the idea.It simply gave the ski a slight hourglass shape.
Some people will buy anything if you have a good story.
goweeder over 11 years ago
Fingers are great for eating french fries and such — but I think it might have been a bit messy to use them for soup.
jack fairbanks over 11 years ago
how is it that beretta was ever lost-ed?
loner34 over 11 years ago
Chopsticks rule!
tuslog64 over 11 years ago
And didn’t someone finally come up with the idea of drilling a hole through a chopstick so it could be used as a straw?
folklegendredux over 11 years ago
So if I fart in a bag and claim it will make you live forever then throw up a Kickstarter campaign to rip people off can I get a free mention on Ripley, too?
artegal over 11 years ago
I love it when people overlook the fact that people were killing each other well before firearms were invented. I’ve owned a Berreta for 15 years, and the thing has yet to jump up and fire itself. Ninnies.
Eugeno over 11 years ago
Forks ain’t much good on soup, neither -
Happy Two Shoes over 11 years ago
If the wheel was truely square it wouldn’t roll.
folklegendredux over 11 years ago
Don’t make me throw poop at you
VictoryRider over 11 years ago
Guns don’t kill people. Bullets kill people.