Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 18, 2014
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge in China is more than 100 miles long! PRECIOUS MEMORY! Human ashes are turned into diamonds by Swiss company Algordanza -- using incredibly high heat and pressure. In 1841, U.S. President William Henry Harrison made a 2-hour inaugural speech in cold March weather, and refused a coat or hat -- he died of pneumonia a month later.
Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
We, Americans, already know about Harrison. As for cremation diamonds, no comment.
hill2209 over 10 years ago
Harrison had the shortest tenure of any president. Just goes to show: don’t kill yourself trying to prove you’re a tough guy.
2578275 over 10 years ago
I guess generals are supposed to be tough. I was a private at Camp San Onofre inside Camp Pendleton and caught ambulatory pneumonia from watching “Cool Hand Luke” in the rain at an outdoor theater in Nov., ’67.
bbwoof over 10 years ago
The answer to overcrowded cemetarys. And u can wear ur loved one on ur finger or around ur neck & hock them if u’re a little short.
Charlie Fogwhistle over 10 years ago
In cremation, carbon compounds combine with oxygen and burn off. What is left is primarily bone ash, which includes oxides of calcium and phosphorous and a very small amount of water which is combined with the other substances. Bone ash has no carbon. I suppose there might be a way to turn the carbon in a corpse into a diamond, but starting with the ashes left after cremation would not be the way to do it. I’m thinking soylent sparkle.
tuslog64 over 10 years ago
What happens if you run out of gas crossing that bridge?
Mneedle over 10 years ago
If you run out of gas they push you over the side.
Scott S over 10 years ago
So began Tecumseh’s Curse or the “zero-year jinx,” finally broken by Ronald Reagan. Although he had a close call.
Frogman_tg over 10 years ago
Pres. Harrison may not have died from pneumonia but may have succumbed to typhoid fever. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/science/what-really-killed-william-henry-harrison.html
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 10 years ago
Cold weather and rain doesn’t cause Pneumonia. Bacteria does…
english.ann over 10 years ago
Apparently that Chinese bridge is strong enough to hold motor vehicles. Scott S., it was the Tippecanoe Curse that lasted from 1840 to 1960. W.H. Harrison was nicknamed Tippecanoe, not Tecumseh, like the Indian chief. And John Scott Harrison, son of one president and father of another, was involved in politics himself.
Andy P Premium Member over 10 years ago
Yeah, what happened with W.H. Harrison is common knowledge…
rwinkelb over 10 years ago
Sammy S. wrote: “[US Presidential] campaign (famously one of the most fluffy and frivolous in presidential history).” I.e., the motto was “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!” I question, is vitriol any better?
“Jefferson and Liberty
The gloomy night before us lies, The reign of terror now is o’er; Its gags, inquisitors and spies, Its hordes of harpies are no more Rejoice, Columbia’s sons, rejoice To tyrants never bend the knee But join with heart, and soul and voice For Jefferson and Liberty."