Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 21, 2021

Tonight I have yet another story from the annals of True:

A dentist has been advertising on local radio that he can help you “overcome your insurmountable fear of dentistry.” I was amused, of course. How does one overcome the insurmountable? Later that week I had an appointment to get my teeth cleaned, so I told my hygienist about the spot, emphasizing the word “insurmountable.” She nodded and said, “Oh, that’s good.”

I was taken aback; I thought she would laugh. “Uh, do you know what ‘insurmountable’ means?” I asked her.

“Oh, that’s like a really big fear, right?”

“Right,” I conceded. We went on to other topics…

Conathan Jeplecha One time I survived 5 days on rainwater and plants after being pinned under a log. It wasn’t fun.

One time I identified a species of bee 18,501 feet above sea level.

May the Lord be with you.

i would simply call it a many sided object and leave it at that …

Come on babyyyy, do the rhombicubic tehadron.. you don’t have to spell it right, oh yeahhh…. rock out.. ..

Take care, may Chubby Checkord be with you, and gesundheit.

Johnathan has since written the diet book, Log Pinning; Your Gateway to a New Slender You.

Ok, What was the point of that story?

When first seeing the drawing of Mr. Ceplecha, I thought I was viewing Jay Leno. It’s that jaw line…

I have a few 26-sided thing-a-ma-jigs, I call them letter dice for my Scattergories games.

Higher altitudes have less air, making creating lift more difficult. Bumble bees have poor aerodynamics so that is an amazing bee.

Why couldn’t Jonathon break out of the log with his monsterous jaw?

RBION got the rhombicubictehadron item backwards. The 26 sided solid drawn is a rhombicubictehadron. But, there are other 26 sided which do not qualify as rhombicubictehadra.

A person with 26 personalities is called "Sybil’.

In Tibet they call it a ‘high mass murderer bee’.

The orchid is considered beautiful by Linda Lovelace fans.

Redwood Falls Jonathon should have known from Army tradition that names have meaning.

That new bee species is probably trying to get away from Killer Hornets.

I tried to look up the tree line for some context on that bee fact, but it seems that it isn’t a fixed altitude, more to do with the local environment. Still it’s amazing that an insect so associated with plants would manage to exist at such high altitude.

I love orchids and grow several kinds but I doubt I’ll be adding the Gastrodia Agnicellus to my collection! It looks like it is carnivorous!

And that orchid dreams of the day he can apologize to that witch…

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So is that orchid’s common name “Grave Mind”?

Audrey II: Feed me!

Seymour: Does it have to be human?

Audrey II: Feed me!

Seymour: Does it have to be mine?

Audrey II: Feeeed me!

Seymour: Where am I supposed to get it?

Audrey II: [singing] Feed me, Seymour / Feed me all night long – That’s right, boy! – You can do it! Feed me, Seymour / Feed me all night long / Ha ha ha ha ha! / Cause if you feed me, Seymour / I can grow up big and strong.

I agree…that’s on ugly flower alright. Ugh!