Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 03, 2016
January 02, 2016
January 04, 2016
Transcript:
Polar bears have smelly feet! According to the Atlanta Vampire Alliance, there are at least 5000 people in the US who identify as vampires. Between the 16th and 18th centuries, pineapples were incredibly rare and, in today's dollars, were estimated to have cost between five and ten thousand dollars each!
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Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr almost 9 years ago
Polar bears may have smelly feet, but who’s going to tell them that?
Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
Do the vampires up in Forks, Washington (Edward Cullen and associates) count as part of the AVA?
HabaneroBuck almost 9 years ago
This is illustrative of how wealthy we really are as a society, relatively speaking. I can go out and buy a bouquet of flowers, get black pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg off the shelf, dine on coconuts and pineapple, imbibe coffee from the island of Java, and it won’t even cost me a day’s wages! Truly remarkable in an historical context for someone who lives in the Northeast USA.
derdave969 almost 9 years ago
Since they “identify” as vampires their health insurance will pay for the transformations. Then they get their own bathroom!
aimlesscruzr almost 9 years ago
I don’t believe the vampire story. There’s more than 5,000 lawyers in the US…
NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 9 years ago
If you were to ever go back in time to the Middle Ages, Black Pepper would be the best thing to take with you to trade with. It was extremely rare and expensive at the time.
Jogger2 almost 9 years ago
The vampire drawing is of Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins, from the 1960’s soap opera “Dark Shadows.”
comixbomix almost 9 years ago
Sooo…apparently, I’m a polar bear. That explains so much…
bigsnooze almost 9 years ago
you mean there are 5,000 who identify as certified nuts.
LV1951 almost 9 years ago
Who was brave enough to smell the polar bears feet? lol!
MrBlowhard2u almost 9 years ago
5000,huh? How many of them are lawyers?
Tossle Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Must be all that dead seal stuck between their claws.
Stephen Gilberg almost 9 years ago
That pineapple fact kinda puts “Cabaret” into perspective.
Don’t most animals have smelly feet?
Jogger2 almost 9 years ago
In college, I had a professor in nutrition class who referred to some people as “vampires” (in quotes). By that, she meant people who were prone to skin cancer, and avoided the sun. When they went out, they would wear long pants (not shorts), long sleeves, and wide brim hats.
AaliyahAmador-Pina about 5 years ago
No. They aren’t real.