Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 28, 2017

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 7 years ago

    Does “Lizzie” own the Golden Arches in question near the Buckingham Palace?

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    winding road  almost 7 years ago

    Colors don’t have a smell. Not buying the Deepti Regmi story.

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    VampiricUnicorn  almost 7 years ago

    Deepti Regmi might have Synesthesia, which would explain how she can smell colors. Here’s and article that explains that, and actually shows her in action. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4996280/The-girl-SMELL-colours.html

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    J Short  almost 7 years ago

    I wonder if the Queen owns stock in a pharmacy to make money from the sick folks who eat at McDonald’s.

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    CeeJay  almost 7 years ago

    “Glow little glow worm, glimmer,glimmer…” The Mills Brothers

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    GeorgeJohnson  almost 7 years ago

    I thought she’d own a Dairy Queen, not micky dees.

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    Scott S  almost 7 years ago

    Glowworms are also firefly larvae.

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    chain gang charlie  almost 7 years ago

    So much data and information….The Mind Boggles….

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    JastMe  almost 7 years ago

    A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.The APA (American Psychological Association) discusses synesthesia in the following article.

    http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar01/synesthesia.aspx

    Yes, it is vaguely possible for extremely rare blind* people to experience color through some other sense. No one knows how, nor truly understands what is going on. Many scientific people have assumed the impossibility, but some good scientists have studied those rare individuals and agree it can be true.

    Yes, it usually gets lumped in with synesthesia (what else could you call it?). It is certainly close to what most people with synesthesia have, so fits. Or to put it another way, scientists trying to define synesthesia tend to go by the bulk of the people, potentially defining some people out of their definition. But most scientists would agree that this ability is certainly closely related to synesthesia.

    I have no way to know if this particular individual (Deepti Regmi) can do what she claims. If something is rare, there are frauds who will try to mimic it, as well as people who can convince themselves that it is true. So, either she really can ‘smell’ color, or she has duped herself into believing she can, or she is actively lying.

    Even if the first is true (she really can), she would not always be correct by other people’s definitions. My artistic daughter is convinced that I’m often wrong about colors, so now I often say something is ‘reddish’ or ‘greenish’ or whatever-ish so as not to confuse her artistic mind. So don’t ask me to verify Deepti’s answers! :)

    *blind – I’m using the word here in the sense of no sight, rather than in the sense of legally blind.

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    CareynHenslee  almost 7 years ago

    Maybe she can smell the different chemicals that make up the colors? “Super-smellers” aren’t unheard of.

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