Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 19, 2015
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Transcript:
Now just wait a minute here!! In 2001, lawyer John Keogh successfully applied for an Australian innovation patent for a circular transportation facilitation device- otherwise called a wheel! Now playing... Again!!! Since it's October 1995 release, the Bollywood romantic comedy The Brave Hearted Will Take Away The Bride has been screened once every day at the Maratha Mandir Theatre in Mumbai, India! The Gelae Baen, Gelae Belae, Gelae Donut and Gelae Fish are all species of beetles named by two American experts in 2004, inspired by the jellylike slime molds on which they feed.
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Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Who e’en has the mouthful to say circular transpor-?… oh, ne’er mind.
Bittermelon of Truth over 9 years ago
Calvin (the Watterson character) once said scientists don’t have much imagination. That must be why those “experts” named two beetles after a donut and fish.
Stephen Gilberg over 9 years ago
Successfully?! So every Australian company to use wheels in its products has to pay that patent troll?!
francisrossi over 9 years ago
Innovation patents apparently won’t necessarily stand up in court, as they’re basically rubber-stamped unchecked.
Guilty Bystander over 9 years ago
I was thinking “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” complete with rice- and toast-tossing audiences.
goweeder over 9 years ago
Playing a movie every day since 1995? Oh…in India ~ Well, that figures. That way, everybody in India will get a chance to see it.!