Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 01, 2016
May 31, 2016
June 02, 2016
Transcript:
Historically, the Nile River has frozen over at least twice! Not so good! In 1966, Thomas J. Bayard invented a vibrating toilet seat! Norwegian daredevil Morten Blien rode a snowmobile 131.7 miles from the surfaces of the Karasjok and Tana Rivers in Finnmark, Norway!
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hankgillette over 8 years ago
Shakes the sh!t out of you?
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
Can Morten even snowmobile over the that Egyptian river the next time it freezes over? I’m also not even sure the Japanese would like Thomas’ toilet.
JohnoTeacher over 8 years ago
Forgive me, but snowmobiles being not much of a feature of life in Sydney . . is that a lot?
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
How old would it have to get for the Nile to freeze?
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
Cold
Old Texan75 over 8 years ago
I googled ol’ Mort, seems as the water was liquid.The snowmobile appears to be a jet ski with treads and skis on front.Looks like it will float. Looking at other pictures of these events, it appears to be just good ol’ rednecks looking for an excuse to tear up the environment and make a lot of noise.An aside, ol’ Mort took some bananas along for the ride.212 km for the civilized readers.
aimlesscruzr over 8 years ago
Historically, the Nile froze during the last two ice ages…
Brown Leghorn over 8 years ago
Good! now where can I get a pre-heated seat for cold mornings?
dw42 over 8 years ago
And if you believe that, I’ve got this bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in…
Charlie Fogwhistle over 8 years ago
Mrs. Bayard may have thought a vibrating toilet seat to be a good invention.
Durak Premium Member over 8 years ago
Folks up in Michigan race snowmobiles on lakes and rivers all the time, I’m getting a kinda ‘so what’ feeling about this one.
Huncher over 7 years ago
But they were probably frozen unlike the one in the story.