Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 15, 2017
Transcript:
The skin of a Golden Poison Dart frog contains enough toxins to kill 10-20 people. Clocks tick faster at higher altitudes! Wack! In 1957, Phillies player Richie Ashburn fouled off a pitch and broke a fan's nose. He did it a second time- and hit the same fan as she was being carried off on a stretcher.
Templo S.U.D. almost 8 years ago
Oh, that poor fan. (Heck, every baseball stadium parishioner is danger to get hit by a ball batted really hard.)
James Wolfenstein almost 8 years ago
Not that clock… the experiment was done with an atomic clock.
Charlie Fogwhistle almost 8 years ago
Boy, some days it just hardly pays to skip work and take in a ball game.
J Short almost 8 years ago
She bought a lottery ticket on the way to the hospital.
aimlesscruzr almost 8 years ago
I remember reading this a few years ago. Einstein theorized about gravitational time dilation, or in other words, the weaker the gravity, the faster time goes. It was finally proven with atomic clocks and essentially proves that your head ages faster than your feet…
PMark almost 8 years ago
SCOTT STERLING!!!!
comixbomix almost 8 years ago
The former Mrs. Ashburn?
FunkyBunky1 almost 8 years ago
Way to go Richie!!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
Those frogs obtain their poison from their diet, they don’t produce it themselves.