Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 03, 2015
December 02, 2015
December 04, 2015
Transcript:
The plates used to engrave US paper currency are handmade and can take up to one year to complete! In 2015, more people have died taking selfies than from shark attacks. Bloodhounds are the only animal whose evidence is admissible in American courts.
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Rob Rex almost 9 years ago
Shark selfies are especially dangerous.
Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
Good luck, money counterfeiters, on making those plates.
charliefarmrhere almost 9 years ago
@TEMPLO—-In the recent past, the latest high tech laser copy machines have come close to matching bills made with plates, but lacked matching the proper paper, that bills are printed on.
charliefarmrhere almost 9 years ago
I wonder how many times a mint engraver has nearly finished a plate, & made a slip with the tool, or discovered an error.
Craig66 almost 9 years ago
Not true about bloodhounds.Police dogs sniff out drugs and take peoples money all the time.
Old Texan75 almost 9 years ago
I know preppers who are hoarding gold. So the world goes to hell in a handbasket. I got food and tools. The prepper brings me gold to trade for food and tools? No way.Going off the gold and silver standard was a good thing. Now the worth of monies of the world can actually be measured by the economic strength of the country. The value of any currency is reflected on the buying and selling of that currency on the Futures and Commodities markets. You, too, can become a capitalist/investor. All it takes is $5,000 as a deposit with a broker and you can trade commodities. Some countries now base their currency on the US dollar.And no, the government doesn’t just “print money”. The money in circulation is only one aspect of what is called “money.” Money is created in several ways.Anyway Ameiricans own over 50 percent of the national debt. Your credit cards, your mortgage, you car and boat you have financed, all are included in the national debt.China owns a whopping 5 percent of the US national debt, Mexico only owns a measly 7 percent.
hunt almost 9 years ago
“Bloodhounds are the only animal….” NONSENSE! Human testimony is taken in court. WE are animals, too.
comixbomix almost 9 years ago
Finally! A collection of selfies worth compiling for viewing!
jergideon Premium Member almost 9 years ago
As of June, the latest stat I saw there were six shark related deaths, last year there were only five, the year before 10. I would suspect nearly anything else is going to be higher than shark deaths, so selfie death is no surprise, believe it or not.
Lyman Elliott Premium Member almost 9 years ago
On the selfies section of the strip, I think this is called culling the herd.
Mariposamia almost 9 years ago
No animal can be called: Who. That is reserved for people.
SMMAssociates almost 9 years ago
Prof: I believe that the current “page” can be removed from the scroll and replaced by a corrected one in many cases.
The “page” is quite large, but it beats tossing the whole scroll – it’s stitched in place.