Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 25, 2019

Somebody needs to tell Wile E. Coyote that! LOL

My arachnophobia is so strong that I think I’d rather bleed to death.

The sharks are probably more afraid of New Yorkers than New Yorkers are of them.

Many seem to think that the roadrunner is kind of an ostrich, as the well-known tv roadrunner does more resemble an ostrich than a real roadrunner, who belongs to the family of the cuckoos. Most ostrichs would in average be a bit faster (40-46 mph) than coyotes (35-45 mph), but not the small bird called roadrunner (20-25 mph) who is “only” about as fast as the fastest humans.

I got a loan from a shark once. Geez did he take a bite out of me.

Okay. So don’t swim in New York.

The more complex the brain, forget AI. People need something to live for, not hide in or be replaced by. Otherwise more, bigger, and worse problems will replace AI.

So all those Rod Runner cartoons I watched all my life were a lie? My whole life is one big lie!

I saw the spider web cure work about 4 years ago. A guy was working on a farm, so was I, he was in the garage, there were 2 big magnets separated by a board, he pulled the board away and they slammed together, crunching is fingers, instant blood and swelling and a 911 call. He grabs all the spider webs he could find, the dusty farm ones in the windows. Wrapped his fingers in the webs. He said it was old European medicine, he refused to remove them when the ambulance arrived, I think they refused to transport him, so the police took him to the hospital. The emergency doctor was so amazed that he was not in much pain and the wound was starting to get better. In fact the doctor said he was going to investigate this cure/remedy ASAP. The guy was back at the farm the next day, taking it easy, but checking the other windows in the barns for more webs. I have also used webs for some minor injuries, but had nothing serious as this guy.

I just want to know what the heck “ten times less” actually means. I can understand what 90% less or only 10% as much but this stuff of “X times less”, “50 times thinner” etc. has no real meaning but has been created for the most part by writers to get around having to actually be truthful in advertisements. That is like going to a sale where everything is marked down 60% but today you can take an additional 30% off and if you have the coupon from our ad another 25%. Don’t think they are going to pay you 15% to take the item off of their hands.

Hey, spider webs work. So does dried moss. Did you know piss is sterile and effective for washing wounds?

A long time ago an Englishman took a holiday (vacation to Americans) at a west Texas dude ranch. While he was bumping along in the jeep transporting him from the airport to the ranch a roadrunner came up to the jeep and then veered off. “That there is the Bird of Paradise,” said the drive. the Englishman replied, “Quite a long way from home.” MEEP MEEP

What % of New Yorker bites are fatal?

I always thought the coyote was lame…

I think I’d rather be bitten by a human any day!

How do they get enough spider web to use to stop bleeding?

I WAS LIED TO MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD! WILEY COULD HAVE CAUGHT ROADRUNNER ANYTIME HE WANTED!!! :D LOL.

Spiderwebs are rich in vitamin K – the clotting vitamin. One study also showed them to be anti-bacterial.

The coyotes must be wearing ACME sneakers.