Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 24, 2016

What was the drinking age back in 17th century England?

‘Small beer’ or beer mixed with water, was normal fare for children, given that water alone wasn’t safe to drink.

and uncle Walt still couldn’t wash his antisemitism away

Did Napoleon own a dog?

I was stationed in Scotland. A guy I was stationed with had a heart attack and was sent to a local hospital. He got a bottle or two of Guiness every day!

Famous cat lovers—Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, the Bronte sisters…Infamous cat haters—Djugashvili, Shickelgruber, Darnold Glump!!

I know someone with that phobia..OCD much, Disney?

And it kept the kids sleepy and restful.

In old Oxford College, beer was on the breakfast menu.

As I recall, Napoleon was known to grab his gun the minute any cats showed up in his presence.

What fools these mortals be! Disney washes his hands a dozen times an hour and yet smokes like a chimney (unfiltered cigs). (He died of cancer at 65.)

You couldn’t trust the water back in the day if you lived in a town, so “near beer” is what you drank as the alcohol killed the parasites. They had it on the Mayflower for the Pilgrims.

I guess the kiddies at the hospital were in good spirits?