Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 17, 2014
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Transcript:
The male Darwin's frog swallows eggs laid by the female and lets the tadpoles grow in its throat! The soil on Mars may be ideal to grow vegetables such as asparagus, according to samples studied by NASA. Mustaches were compulsory for British officers and tell 1916- shaving the upper lip could result in a court-martial.
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Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
Guess times sure haven’t changed in 98 years in the British armed services.
Space_cat over 10 years ago
If they want to send all the asparagus to Mars I’m fine with that!
Simon_Jester over 10 years ago
“Lieutenant, I care neither for your politics, nor your mustache.”“Madame, you are unlikely to come in contact with either.”[]Winston Churchill
sdjamieson Premium Member over 10 years ago
Given how expensive Martian asparagus would be, I can see it being the next hot menu item for the one-percenters.
6turtle9 over 10 years ago
Talk about having a frog in your throat!
corpcasselbury over 10 years ago
The British Army has done similar things for many years. At one time, side whiskers (what I believe were called "muttonchops) were regulation for the enlisted men.
Phil721 over 10 years ago
Sir you are drunk. Madam you are ugly, in the morning I shall be sober.Winston Churchill
Simon_Jester over 10 years ago
I just realized something…the year the British Army stopped making mustaches compulsory for officers was1916, when they were losing thousands ( sometimes tens of thousands ) of soldiers in the first MINUTES of any given battle.Coincidence? I don’t think so
tuslog64 over 10 years ago
It would have been a salient identifier!(You don’t really want to stand out in battle)
MetalOverCountry about 10 years ago
If British officers shaved off their ’stashes in 2014, they could always buy plastic ones at the Dollar Tree.