Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 02, 2017
Transcript:
Galileo was the first person to see Saturn's rings, but he believed they were attached like handles! About half of Americans make New Year's resolutions- with 16 percent saying they resolved not to make any! Frenchman Alain Robert scaled the 1004 foot Cayan Tower in Dubai- without a harness!
Templo S.U.D. almost 8 years ago
pour quoi, Monseiur Robert? (and the Catholics of Galileo’s time thought Galileo was being heretic for the Earth and other planets revolving around the sun instead of the sun and other planets revolve around the Earth)
JohnoTeacher almost 8 years ago
Templo: Whilst that’s KIND of true, in fact he was mostly considered heretical as a form of revenge by his university colleagues who he’d managed to upset to such a degree that they called in favours from the church (who ran the university). His scientific ideas wouldn’t have caused a big stir if he had have been a more reasonable human being . . . .
SharkNose almost 8 years ago
From the illustration, Alain Robert looks like he has only one leg!
tom_wright almost 8 years ago
Alain is a freakin’ nutcase!
wjones almost 8 years ago
I do not make new years resolutions. If there’s anything I need to do or change I do not wait for New Year.
mamajock.kimi almost 8 years ago
Alain Robert is an idiot. And sometime soon he’ll probably be a really messy spot in front of a tall builiding. . . .
lovelymajorhoople almost 8 years ago
Galileo was a mama’s boy who thought everything revolved around the son