Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 18, 2016
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Transcript:
The two live whales displayed by PT Barnum and his American Museum in New York City were boiled alive during a fire on July 13, 1865. Paternoster elevators have no doors and never stop. Instead, they rotate continuously on a chain, and passengers must perfectly time their entry and exit. Amos Dudley, a student at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, straightened his teeth using braces he made himself using a 3-D printer.
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Templo S.U.D. almost 8 years ago
Oh, those two poor whales. What was the cause of the fire anyway?
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray almost 8 years ago
The elevator:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro3Fc_yG3p0
How it works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o7K4ZW0pXc
Marblemouth almost 8 years ago
Timing for the elevator seems easier than timing for a ski lift since there are no cumbersome skis to maneuver.
Dean almost 8 years ago
I prefer my whale meat tartar.
aimlesscruzr almost 8 years ago
Oh wow. I just added an item to my bucket list. I want to ride a paternoster. That is pretty awesome!
Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 8 years ago
“Paternoster” is Latin for “Our Father”…which is what you should be saying if you ride one of these things!!!!
SeaFox10 almost 8 years ago
Same elevators that were in the movie- “Metropolis”!
mickyault almost 8 years ago
I rode a Paternoster most every day for three years at the I G Farben building in Frankfort, Germany. Pretty cool ride.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
The whales are not alive if they were boiled to death.
Julie-21 almost 8 years ago
That “elevator” is just a vertical escalator. Just step on or off – it doesn’t stop.
kvnkoehler almost 8 years ago
Why even mention the whales? Some things are best forgotten.
SMMAssociates almost 8 years ago
Ran into a similar elevator back in the early 50’s somewhere between here and Jackson Mississippi. No floors, just sort of steps on a belt that ran between floors in a car repair place. Dad’s car’s valves croaked as we were on the way home from TX, and we were stuck in a motel for a couple days.
(I was about six, so it was kinda fascinating. Dad wouldn’t let me ride it, though :D….)
Staffers seemed to jump on and off as if they did it all the time, which I presume they did.
I think the type pictured would be a tad safer, though…..