Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 05, 2014
July 04, 2014
July 06, 2014
Transcript:
Studies of elections show that candidates receive more votes if they are listed first on the ballot. In 1862, early baseball star Jim Creighton died at the age of 21 after hitting the ball so hard that he ruptured a hernia. The London Underground opened in 1863 with wooden carriages pulled by steam locomotives.
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Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
Poor Jim to get a hernia and die from it at such a young age.
aimlesscruzr over 10 years ago
Maybe there wasn’t a good photo of either the Paddington or Farringdon station that the artist could copy….
ddewrell over 10 years ago
Ripley: Tell you what, you got a train and a station with double letters. How does $20 bucks sound?
Cosmo: Deal!!
Guilty Bystander over 10 years ago
Creighton was considered baseball’s first star player, mostly as a pitcher (I even recognized him here before reading the caption below). He actually legged out a home run on that hit before collapsing and dying.
Stephen Gilberg over 10 years ago
I suppose they could make a point to vary the ballots in every district. But clearly, too many people are voting without really caring.
Eugeno over 10 years ago
There have been initiatives to randomize the candidates names on the ballots. Many years ago, now, they stopped being listed alphabetically.