Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 01, 2015
Transcript:
The big cheese! A cheese weighing 17 tons was exhibited by the state of Wisconsin at the 1964 World's Fair in New York- it was later eaten. John Wesley, co-founder of the Methodist church, wrote a book in 1747 on practical medicine and advised that eating only apples for a month would cure madness. Agra Schwarzeneggeri is a beetle so named because it appears to have biceps like a bodybuilder.
Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
Where did Wisconsin (back in ’64) find a vat that can hold 17 tons of milk?
yangeldf almost 10 years ago
fun food related stuff today. 1-I should hope that cheese was eaten or else it would be a HUGE waste. 2-Look at that crazy guy eating nothing but apples!
cdnalor almost 10 years ago
Those “biceps” look more like thunder-thighs.
Space_cat almost 10 years ago
It takes about 4 gallons of milk to make 8 pounds of cheese.1 Gallon of Milk = 8.3 Lbs17 tons = 43,000 Lbs16384 Gallons of milk to make that cheese, less the 180 gallons or so of Rennet and culture.
didereaux almost 10 years ago
Wesley’s religion was about as useless as his medical advice.
John W Kennedy Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Nah—in Wesley’s day, the Church of England needed a good kick in the pants. Check out Mr. Collins in “Pride and Prejudice” for a good example of the kind of “Christianity” the Wesley brothers were fighting against.
I remember that cheese; it filled the entire semitrailer of a custom-built refrigerated glass 18-wheeler.
Red_Fez almost 10 years ago
And radical Islam has a cure for headaches.