Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 08, 2015
Transcript:
Scientists have recently discovered that bacteria thrive in storm clouds, thousands of feet up in the sky! Money American company Liquid Money makes cologne that smells like freshly printed dollar bills! In 1971, Jean Claude Duvalier (1951-2014) became president of Haiti at the age of 19.
hankgillette over 9 years ago
I remember when Ripley’s had unusual or hard to believe facts, not stuff you could read in a current science journal or newspaper obituary – believe it or not!
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Scrooge McDuck would like that cologne. What is the age limit for being President of Haiti if the U.S. is at least 35?
Kali39 over 9 years ago
Isn’t that why they called him Baby Doc?
cripplious over 9 years ago
His dad was papa doc
sarazan7 over 9 years ago
@ professor
Why so hostile?
guy42 over 9 years ago
The “money cologne” was a story arc in Lil Abner.
NaturLvr over 9 years ago
Literally LOL…spot on zing! :-)
NaturLvr over 9 years ago
Back in the day, Mr. Ripley was pretty much the only person out there seeking out and compiling this stuff. We all have a lot more access to the world now and I suppose the older we get the harder it is to amaze us, also. And, they can’t all be over the top wowzers.
Thehag over 9 years ago
Those bacterias, they’re everywhere!
Yes, I put the ‘s’ in just for the fun of it.
jocatric over 9 years ago
Does this mean that when someone has a bacterial infection they caught it walking in the rain?
spaced man spliff over 9 years ago
Jean-Claude Duvalier was a henchmen stooge for the USA to run Haiti the way the USA wanted it. He was a grotesque butcher every bit as bad as his father “Papa-Doc.”-Kinda like Fulgencio Batista in Cuba before Castro. That dude was one helluva butcher, but the American tourists there never saw that.