Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 09, 2015
April 08, 2015
April 10, 2015
Transcript:
Ancient Greeks believed the carrot was a potent aphrodisiac! Noelle Woods of Garner, NC, has a sky high wisdom tooth- it's in her sinus cavity! A swordfish speared the submersible Alvin in 1967- in retaliation, the crew ate it for dinner!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
How is it even possible for a swordfish’s “sword” to pierce through metal?
TlalocW almost 10 years ago
Shouldn’t that carrot be purple?
shibler2 almost 10 years ago
About the wisdom tooth that isn’t that uncommon! My sisters top two wisdom teeth grew into her sinus and had to be removed.
jpsomebody almost 10 years ago
Carrots must be an aphrodisiac, look what the do for rabbits.
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I wonder if she gets sinus headaches a lot. Can they not extract that tooth?
aladdin almost 10 years ago
Alvin has many bits outside of the pressure vessel, I suspect the sword fish stabled a wire or plastic cover.
Petemejia77 almost 10 years ago
Hopefully by eating the carrot!
John W Kennedy Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Yes, carrot roots in that era were purple. But it doesn’t matter, really, because they were raised for the greens, anyway.
fixer1967 almost 10 years ago
http://gizmodo.com/5896445/this-swordfish-pierced-the-hull-of-a-deep-sea-submarine