Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 15, 2018

And then in the year 2620, they’ll rename that planet to Urectum.

William Herschel, who discovered the planet, wanted it named after his patron, King George III.

How can Gretzky be the point leader if you don’t include the goals?

It’s a good thing they renamed the planet. It doesn’t look like a George.

“I will love and squeeze this planet, and call it George.”

Reasons for pronouncing Uranus….

1. That’s the way I learned to pronounce it around 1970; It wasn’t dirty then, it’s not dirty now! It was Dan Rather pronouncing it “urine-us” that alerted me to the fact that the “your-anus” pronunciation is funny/dirty.

2. Nothing grabs the attention of a group of budding astronomers (kids) like asking them “Hey, did you know Uranus is sideways?” Doesn’t do a thing using the first pronunciation above.

3. It’s the natural pronunciation! It is, after all, a gas giant.

Many years ago Jim Beam used some RBIoN cartoons in their print ads!

Reminds me of this recent article discussing the recent confirmation that Uranus’ upper atmosphere is comprised of hydrogen sulfide:http://www.iflscience.com/space/study-reveals-uranus-smells-of-farts/

With that name and the dirty mind of people, I’m not amazed.

Long Before Jack Daniels, George Washington Was a Whiskey TycoonRead more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/george-washington-whiskey-businessman-180951364/#ptQQtsCky73y2gkV.99r

Recently, scientists discovered that Uranus smells like rotten eggs. Nothing else got done in the lab that day because of all the immature giggling.

I wonder if Albert Pujols heard a lot of Uranus jokes… ☺

Basil Hayden’s claim to fame is that “When Basil Hayden began distilling his smooth Bourbon here in 1794, Kentucky was but 4 years old and George Washington was President.”

So it’s George’s Uranus?

If you removed all of Gretsky’s goals, he would be aimless.

I really wish they WOULD change the name of Uranus. Those jokes/puns are getting old!

My grandfather had a Jim Beam lamp that boasted, “The USA is only 19 years older than Beam.”

Man, oh man, if you could find a barrel of that? SMOO_OO_OOTH!!!!!