Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 11, 2015
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Dry valleys are barren areas of Antarctica, so dry, no rain or snow has fallen in over 2 million years! Leo and Ruth Zanger of Quincy, Illinois, welcomed their 100th grandchild on April 8, 2015. They now have 54 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren and one great great grandchild. There are more than 40,000 different types of rice in the world!
Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
In the Zangers’ case, not very often you hear of living great-great-grandparents.
Bilan almost 9 years ago
Leo and Ruth must be broke and exhausted.
SharkNose almost 9 years ago
+1
bookworm0812 almost 9 years ago
Jeepers! Just how many CHILDREN does that couple have?!?!? And just how young were they when they started out?!
markhughw almost 9 years ago
46+54+1=101, not 100
JBetty almost 9 years ago
Do they have 20 kids or what?!
derdave969 almost 9 years ago
Well, I’m certain you won’t do that and the world will be a better place for it.
Old Texan75 almost 9 years ago
Apparantly they nor their childrens children, unto the second generation,don’t spend a lot of time watching TV
paullp Premium Member almost 9 years ago
I think this is how Adam and Eve got started. Give it another 5000 years and the Newest Testament will start with, "In the beginning, God created Leo and Ruth . . . " The list of begats will never end.
comixbomix almost 9 years ago
Apparently, the valleys aren’t too dry in Quincy, Illinois…
Brown Leghorn almost 9 years ago
I was taught at PS 202 that Anarctica is a desert! Then people stare at me in disbelief whe I tell them that!
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 9 years ago
lessee now, there’s Uncle Ben’s Rice , there’s Minute Rice, there’s Rice-a-Roni, there’s Spanish Rice …….
Ryker510 almost 9 years ago
my great grandparents had 6 kids, 36 grandchildren, 104 great grandchildren, and 5 great great grandchildren
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Imagine how many grandchildren the Duggars will have.
jocatric almost 9 years ago
I agree…
Phil721 almost 9 years ago
So who was the weather observer 2 million yrs ago?
Tarredandfeathered almost 9 years ago
Actually, your Racist Joke is Wrong..It’s pronounced Shi, or Gohan, or beikoku or hakumai or gokoku.. And sometimes Curry Raisu (karē raisu) .
Thehag almost 9 years ago
We learned (or didn’t,) from the potato famine that it is important to have different varieties of staple crops. Some of the varieties will be resistant to any diseases that develop. If you plant only one type it is possible that a disease outbreak will ruin the entire yield. Since a huge percentage of the world relies on rice this is good news, but only if there is a good variety of types being planted in quantity.
TB73 almost 9 years ago
I went to school with a girl called Lucy who had a daughter at 15 . 15 years later her daughter had a daughter. She had a daughter at 14. So at the grand old age of 44 Lucy was a great grand mother. Lucy’s mother is 60 her grand mother is 78 and her great grand mother is 97 all opting to having children at a very young age. So now there are 6 generations in the same family.
Lamberger almost 9 years ago
Take that, ZPG!