Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 04, 2019

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    SpaceBuckaroo  almost 6 years ago

    Did Alcohol help them invent the wheel? ; )

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    Leroy  almost 6 years ago

    Stadium: I"ll believe it not until I see a picture more supportive than this one:

    https://www.ajc.com/sports/how-mercedes-benz-stadium-was-designed-for-soccer-too/e8EK5Hsx4bf5rMwoPcarQL/

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    wjones  almost 6 years ago

    Alcohol was not invented, it was discovered when the grapes they ate sat to long and fermented.

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    meowlin  almost 6 years ago

    Over 70,000 seats, over 70,000 different colors? Not impossible, but I seriously doubt it.

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    djlactin  almost 6 years ago

    Alcohol is a chemical (one of several, actually); it predates the formation of the earth. Mr. Ripley probably means “alcoholic beverages”….

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    Breadboard  almost 6 years ago

    So they did a wasp survey …….Where did they get the little clipboards ?

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    scpandich  almost 6 years ago

    BION is apparently thinking in terms of the wheel and axle combo in that “alcohol came before the wheel” one.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  almost 6 years ago

    Alcohol is has existed in the universe for eons.

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    Nighthawks Premium Member almost 6 years ago
    WASPs should never forget a blackface
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    pearlsbs  almost 6 years ago

    Fermented fruit kind of invented itself. In fact some scientists think that our ability to metabolize ethanol was an evolutionary adaption so we could subsist on fermented vegetation.

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    chaosed2  almost 6 years ago

    So there was a delay before the first DUI.

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    sousamannd  almost 6 years ago

    Now, BION, how in the world did they do the test to prove that wasps remember faces?

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    sousamannd  almost 6 years ago

    Different colors help folks remember where they were sitting, too.

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    aimlesscruzr  almost 6 years ago

    It seems as though the seats are either red or blue. At least from this pic: https://www.neworleansonline.com/images/slideshows/listings/1291/04.jpg

    Maybe RBON should have worded things a little better by stating that the seat sections are not a single color…

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    aimlesscruzr  almost 6 years ago

    One of the leading theories is that alcohol is one of the factors that turned our human ancestors from a hunter-gatherer society into an agricultural society. The discovery of beer (possibly fermented bread) meant they had to stay put to grow and harvest cereal grains.

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    WCraft Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    Don’t mix alcohol discovery with wheel discovery.

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    maverick1usa  almost 6 years ago

    So, alcohol is what made the wheel go round!

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    lfscott  almost 6 years ago

    How could alcohol be invented since it is a naturally occuring substance. Perhaps, discovered would be more accurate.

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    diegot  almost 6 years ago

    Can you really say that alcohol was “invented”. More like it was discovered.

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    tallyho  almost 6 years ago

    The Superdome does not need to have different color seats to look full because all the Saints tickets have been sold out for years and the stadium is always full.

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    the1951hapster  almost 6 years ago

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuI23zCudKY

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    the1951hapster  almost 6 years ago

    Good to know that alcohol was invented before, and not behind the wheel.

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    Tossle Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    I would have thought the first alcohol would be a type of mead, when honey fermented in rainwater.

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    wardberger  almost 6 years ago

    They invented the wheel to invent police. Who gets tickets for walking while intoxicated?

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    craigwestlake  almost 6 years ago

    Alcohol has been associated with the wheel from the beginning till the DUI… As for the wasps, the ones near me seem to remember my posterior…

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    Sassy's Mom  almost 6 years ago

    Just another reason to dislike wasps!

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    gozar  almost 6 years ago

    Just another way to dupe the taxpayer when they shell out for another stadium / corporate welfare boondoggle.

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    Earthling Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    … or not. Every picture of the stadium shows all seats red.

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