Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 06, 2017
February 05, 2017
February 07, 2017
Transcript:
A 250-year-old Banyan tree near Kolkata, India, with roots that span 3.5 acres, is larger than the average Walmart store! Whew! You can walk from North Korea to Norway and only pass through one other country. Researchers have discovered that Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch and Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are 16th cousins twice removed!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 8 years ago
Okay… I’m at a loss about the NK/Norway bit.
Bilan almost 8 years ago
Banyan trees have runners that will keep spreading out and forming new roots if they’re not kept in check.
Fuz almost 8 years ago
Six degrees of separation.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Don’t believe it! I can’t walk that far.
Space_cat almost 8 years ago
I’ll bet they tore that tree down to build a Wal Mart
PMark almost 8 years ago
The extreme eastern end of North Korea’s northern border is with Russia. The common border is only about ten miles long.
gmartin997 almost 8 years ago
If you can get out of North Korea alive.
aimlesscruzr almost 8 years ago
And if the Bering Strait is frozen over, you can walk from North Korea to the US by crossing only one country. Russia is huge!
Crandlemire almost 8 years ago
Yes you can walk from North Korea to Norway by way of Russia but it’s a hell of a trip.
Larry Miller Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Pretty much everyone is your 16th cousin or closer.
Stephen Gilberg almost 8 years ago
I like to imagine jogging from Cape Horn to Alaska, swimming across the Bering Strait, and jogging to the Cape of Good Hope.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
We are all very closely related, more so than previously thought.
tigerchik32 almost 8 years ago
for cryin out loud, anybody who has a drop of British blood (me included) could claim that. I’m 1/4 British Isles, so I could be related to Doyle and James Joyce!