Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 21, 2014
October 20, 2014
October 22, 2014
Transcript:
On my way!! Cars, trucks and buses are banned from the island of Sark in the English Channel- the ambulance and fire pumps are towed by a tractor. Several ant species build nest mounds that slope southwards to maximize the heat absorbed from the sun during the day. Danger! The world's first traffic lights, installed in London circa 1868, were a disaster after the gas powered lights exploded and injured the operator.
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Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
I don’t know which is more ridiculous: the tractor fire pumps and tractor ambulances, or the gas-lit traffic lights.
Mostly Water Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I’ll have what the ant’s having.
francisrossi almost 10 years ago
Sark’s a very strange place. Was still feudal until a few years ago.
sdjamieson Premium Member almost 10 years ago
And in the southern hemisphere, presumably the abt hills slope to the north.
sdjamieson Premium Member almost 10 years ago
What did you learn today?
There aren’t any cars on Cutty Sark because ants (aunts?) destroyed all the traffic lights.