Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 23, 2016
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Transcript:
Mosquitoes have 47 teeth! Yup! Hockey is the only sport divided into three time periods. Known as Alfonso The Slobberer, King Alfonso IX of Leon would get so angry that he drooled uncontrollably- sometimes foaming at the mouth!
Correct, mosquitoes have no teeth. On the other hand [or rather, the end of the proboscis] they have several cutting edges. There are only a few, but with multiple facets, sometimes specified as 47, and are often called teeth, even by some scientists. But they certainly are not teeth like ours, nor used for the same purpose. Rather they cut only one thing (skin), more efficiently & painlessly than a hypodermic needle (tho the chemicals they leave behind can cause itching (if you are lucky) or pain).
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
I have been to a Seattle Thunderbirds hockey game once some years ago, but didn’t stay for the full three periods.
sarazan7 over 8 years ago
King of Leon?
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
No wonder mosquito bites hurt so much.
bookworm0812 over 8 years ago
Did King Alfonso have rabies?
CeeJay over 8 years ago
King Alfonso should have played hockey.
linsonl over 8 years ago
King Alfonso was married to my first wife?
Ikemeister over 8 years ago
Perhaps a way to think of hockey is that it has four periods but only three need to be played unless it can’t be decided in the first three. ;)
Kathe over 8 years ago
I think King Alfonso needed a rabies shot!
Bob. over 8 years ago
Three set tennis.
ChessPirate over 8 years ago
Ripley’s tends to play fast and loose with the facts, sometimes. A mosquito’s proboscis has 47 sharp edges on its tip to help it cut through skin.
hawkshead over 8 years ago
Not true! American high school and college wrestling has 3 periods.
Angry Indeed Premium Member over 8 years ago
Didn’t King Alfonso also go by the nickname Mad Dog?
Angry Indeed Premium Member over 8 years ago
So King Alfonso hails from Leon. Did famous Spanish explorer Ponce De Leon come from there too?
english.ann over 8 years ago
King Alfonso’s kingdom covered partly modern Spain and partly modern Portugal.
JastMe over 8 years ago
Correct, mosquitoes have no teeth. On the other hand [or rather, the end of the proboscis] they have several cutting edges. There are only a few, but with multiple facets, sometimes specified as 47, and are often called teeth, even by some scientists. But they certainly are not teeth like ours, nor used for the same purpose. Rather they cut only one thing (skin), more efficiently & painlessly than a hypodermic needle (tho the chemicals they leave behind can cause itching (if you are lucky) or pain).