Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 14, 2014
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Transcript:
Old timer! Eh? An eel thought to be at least 155 years old died in Skane, Sweden, in August 2014- it had lived in a well since 1859. In 1905, United States President Teddy Roosevelt threatened to ban American football because it was too violent! In China, it's considered very bad luck to give watches as gifts, as they are thought to symbolize death!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
So… uh… how do Chinese keep track of the time? Use their mobile phones? But of course before those came around, did they rely on wall clocks?
Bilan almost 10 years ago
The Chinese are right. Everybody that owns a watch, dies.
eddodt almost 10 years ago
teddy was a die hard progressive…I guess he wanted to control football too.
BearsDown Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Instead of watches, the Chinese prefer ivory…
Brown Leghorn almost 10 years ago
Back when, and then, football was more violent and injured players went right back in, some with splints and arm slings.
mackenzie0158 almost 10 years ago
Teddy was an avid sport hunter of big and small game, and he was worried about violence in football? What a hypocrite.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr almost 10 years ago
On November 14, 1889: Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) set out on a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly
Stephen Gilberg almost 10 years ago
They invented the water clock, true. But by the time Europeans contacted them with any regularity, the Chinese had long stopped using any clocks. New clocks from Europe took a while to catch on — and first served them as pillows, because they liked hard pillows. (So said my professor in a modern Chinese history course.)
Captain Colorado almost 10 years ago
Does this mean that the Chinese don’t have time for us?
loner34 almost 10 years ago
uh oh, times up.
Jogger2 almost 10 years ago
The :“flying wedge” was popular in football then, and there were a lot of injuries, including broken bones. As a result of Roosevelt’s threat, rules were changed to make football safer. One rule required teams to have players near the scrimmage line at the start of a play. This was to prevent formation of the flying wedge.
Robinsonbecky almost 10 years ago
http://youtu.be/vtkGtXtDlQA