Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 02, 2020

A 1000 year old mummy. an eel farm, a giant killer gee. Hmmmm…….what can I say?

what is the one-ton killer bee statue made of? iron?

Fun fact: the word “grotesque” refers to those “grottes” (or grottoes, in English). Specifically, it was a style of art inspired by the images on the cave walls, and the elaborate images of animals and mythical creatures associated with the style ended up giving the word its current connotation.

Which weighed 2,000 pounds- the statue or the killer bee?

Four costumes, eh? I’ll bet that mummy worked for Hollywood.

Perhaps killer bee statue should soon be accompanied by a murder hornet statue?

Typical Chinese knockoff… you can tell because Adidas shoes have four stripes only :D (Yes, I know, Mongolia is not China. But this is a joke, not a scientific paper :P )

Obviously it was more of a Mommy than a Mummy

Herding eels was a slippery business.

Chic at bar: So what do you do?

Guy: I’m an eel farmer.

Chic: Ha ha ha…cute…no really, what do you do for a living?

The seamstress was actually the Liberace of his time.

I wonder what the water level was when those Roman caves were dug. There are a number of sea covered patios, walkways, statues, and house foundations in the Mediterranean Sea indicating that long ago the Med was lower in sea level.

Hey man! You been messin’ with the bees?

Ah Hidalgo. The seat of yam peelers, key straighteners, and bee statues.

Take care, may Zhord be with you, and gesundheit.

That bee a ton.

Did the Romans use dynamite from China?

‘Old man Guido had a farm, eel-i, eel-i O…’

The find showed two things, 1. Time travel will exist. 2. Save your old clothes, they’ll come back in style – and forward – and back…

The statue was recently pulled down by protesters who want instead a butterfly statue.

Why would ornate clothing from 900AD be hard to believe?

See, that’s what happens when you go trick-or-treating in Mongolia.

They call them “costumes” today, but back then they were just called “clothes.” And in the SCA it’s commonly referred as “garb”

How come you never hear about eel farmers anymore?

I tried farming eels once, but they really didn’t like to be planted…BTW, If I ran into a bee THAT big I’d make a statue to it also…

I’d hate to be the sculptor who had to persuade the bee to pose.