Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 24, 2020

… to which there is also a reaction.

Toad vomit lozenges? Did they work? They cured bubonic plague?

lightning: 27,760 C

Now I know why Isaac Newton flunked out of Med School and became a Scientist.

Those lozenges must have been precursors to the jelly beans on Harry Potter.

I was gonna say “didn’t we talk about Newton earlier this week?”, but I realize now that was Get Fuzzy.

I wonder if Newton inspired Monty Python’s Whizzo Chocolate sketch? Did he invent Crunchy Frogs, too?

But it’s a dry heat…..

Ever heard of a toad with bubonic plague?

ewww… to all but the space one

This is why we see no spider’s bar and grill.

Newton was skillful using hummingbird feathers.

Measuring the temperature of a lightening bolt may well be in our sphere of scientific abilities, but I question the ability to measure the temperature of the surface of the sun. Unless they went at night.

Mmm, toad vomit lozenges! Do they come in any other flavors?

If I had some tarantula genes my jeans would fit better.

One wonders if this is where the Crunchy Frog sketch by Monty Python’s troop is from. Toad Vomit lozenge to Ram’s Bladder Cup with its garnish of Lark’s Vomit.

Oh yeah, Mr. Tarantula? I can survive 2 hours without food!

Tarantula feeding habits: Believe it.

Lightning temperature: Believe it.

Toad-vomit curative: or Not!

May the Lords of Acid be with you.

I knew the lightning fact, but the tarantula was so interesting, I have to add this to my saved comic strips.

Don’t forget Isaac’s greatest invention, the fig newton!

Interesting sun fact: the atmosphere of the sun is 300 times hotter than the surface. The core is 27 million degrees. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/sounding-rockets/strong-evidence-for-coronal-heating-theory-presented-at-2015-tess-meeting

That was back in the days when the worse it tasted, the better people thought it was for you.

i once gave toad vomit lozenges out one Halloween

how did he collect the toad vomit? in little buckets?

They didn’t cure the plague, but they made you look forward to dying…