Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 31, 2016
July 30, 2016
August 01, 2016
Transcript:
A leech has 32 brains! Andean Tiger hounds, a hunting dog breed, have two noses! Before his writing career, author J.R.R. Tolkien worked for the Oxford English Dictionary Company with a focus on Germanic words beginning with the letter W.
“Believe It or Not!” was a lot more fun before the internet made it so easy to check on things. Those dogs don’t actually have two noses, they have a band of skin that separates the two nostrils.
Bilan over 8 years ago
It’s a good thing Tolkien didn’t write about Wobbits.
Max Starman Jones over 8 years ago
Tolkien replaced a guy named Elmer Fudd, who had gotten severely overloaded.
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
Yeah… what is this “Word of the Wings” John Ronald Reuel wrote? Speeches of Paul McCarney’s post-Beatle band?
hankgillette over 8 years ago
32 brains and they all suck.
hankgillette over 8 years ago
“Believe It or Not!” was a lot more fun before the internet made it so easy to check on things. Those dogs don’t actually have two noses, they have a band of skin that separates the two nostrils.
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
And all those 32 brains are thinking is, “Blood!”
Mostly Water Premium Member over 8 years ago
“Brains” is misleading… more like ganglia.
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 8 years ago
And leeches have 2 reproductive organs and 9 pairs of testes according to this source.
Andrew Moore over 8 years ago
Nutty!
Stephen Gilberg over 8 years ago
Zombies should focus on leeches.