Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 04, 2017
January 03, 2017
January 05, 2017
Transcript:
In 1957, Strom Thurmond filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act, having an intern hold a bucket in the Senate cloakroom for him to urinate in- while keeping one foot on the Senate floor- just in case! Winds on Neptune reach 1500 miles per hour- five times faster than the Earth's strongest tornadoes! Pokemon Go let Americans to take an estimated 144 billion extra steps in the first month of its release alone!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 8 years ago
that’s interesting exercise thanks to Pokémon Go… now if only eyes were affixed to the surroundings like telephone poles, trees… crosswalks!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
Strom Thurmond from Dixiecrat to Republican. Brought back the Confederate battle flag as a symbol of White Separatism in 1948. 1957: He filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act in the year of my birth. A representative of the bad side of the USA.
Bilan almost 8 years ago
Now the Republicans are passing a law to keep the Democrats from filibustering the same way they do.
mamajock.kimi almost 8 years ago
And in the end it didn’t do old Strom one lick of good. The Act was passed anyway. A filibuster only delays the inevitable, because the other side KNOWS you’re just delaying.
therese_callahan2002 almost 8 years ago
Has anyone ever gone to Neptune to prove this?
Space_cat almost 8 years ago
He is listed in Guinness for the 2nd longest Hitler impression, #1 is still Hitler!Maybe trump will get a chance to come in 3rd!
TossedSaladCartoon almost 8 years ago
It’s funny… chasing fictional creatures can get people off their butts, fear of heart disease, diabetes or just a general desire to be healthier can’t.
Neo Stryder almost 8 years ago
Who said video games are not good for health?
comixbomix almost 8 years ago
…Not the only example of Strom Thurmond pissing on the Bill of Rights…
JohnoTeacher almost 8 years ago
It may be significant that when the Commonwealth of Australia was formed, observers had spent time in the USA.
The Speaker of Parliament has the right to impose STRICT restrictions on how long members may speak. :)
yangeldf almost 8 years ago
filibustering against the Civil Rights act for over a day…that is an awfully unpleasant thing to be remembered for, even worse than the peeing in a bucket an intern was forced to hold. Anyway isn’t a filibuster what they do when they can’t come up with an argument for their own side, so they just stall until everyone is too tired to vote?
Mostly Water Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Strom Thurmond, a pustule in American politics.
Stephen Gilberg almost 8 years ago
So that’s the bucket John Nance Garner was talking about.
kaboobs almost 8 years ago
RE: Pokemon… The upside….exercise…