Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 07, 2021

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    what article of clothing can be made with just one gallon of water? a tuxedo’s pocket square?

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    Zykoic  over 3 years ago

    Isn’t the Vanderbilt family essentially broke?

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    charliefarmrhere  over 3 years ago

    My T shirt is made out of cloth & not water. Is that how the wet T shirts contests got their start?

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    Caldonia  over 3 years ago

    Dang, if there’s so much water in my tee shirts I might as well stop washing them.

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    Dean  over 3 years ago

    If Charlie was in U.S. he would have needed to call 811 before digging.

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    Gent  over 3 years ago

    Stop wearing t shirts and save water!

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    tremaine53  over 3 years ago

    How long had that palace been missing? How far could it have gone?

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    R.R.Bedford  over 3 years ago

    Visit Biltmore at Christmas time it is a wonder to behold!!!

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    BearsDown Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Scotland Yard questioned Mr. Pole as to his whereabouts during the 13th century when the palace went missing.

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    James Wolfenstein  over 3 years ago

    If nobody’s looking for it, it’s not “missing”…

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    markhughw  over 3 years ago

    If you haven’t been, we thought the Biltmore was less than expected, and we like that kind of thing.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    They seem to have misunderstood Biltmore.

    Take care, may tome collector Blind Lemon Jeffersord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    sandpiper  over 3 years ago

    I know folks who visit Biltmore annually. From what they say about the different events and offerings the quality is high, the service is superior, and the family is not losing any money. It is a well run business and should be good a while longer.

    The tees and clothing of similar material I have bought in recent years might take a lot of water to make, but lately it seems it only takes about 3 cold water washings for them to shrink almost past wearing. Even a most well known ‘consumer’ brand no longer stands up to normal washing. But that’s in line with so many other once reliable products, so no longer a surprise.

    In England, major historical finds are handled by a national society, which controls further development. Looks like Mr Pole made a major find, which might be good for the historical record, but not so much for his garden. Whatever else they find, he lost his aspidistras.

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    joefearsnothing  over 3 years ago

    Eromlig: Where are you?

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    aimlesscruzr  over 3 years ago

    Ok Ripley, how many dinosaurs does it take to make a polyester shirt?

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    Nighthawks Premium Member over 3 years ago

    hope it’s SEA water. we have plenty of that!

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    RonnieAThompson Premium Member over 3 years ago

    https://www.biltmore.com/blog/10-fast-facts-about-biltmore/

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    petermerck  over 3 years ago

    That has to be a really small palace or a really large garden.

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    Ken Norris Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I think it’s almost impossible to dig in the UK without digging up some ancient ruin.

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    ncorgbl  over 3 years ago

    It takes about 3 gallons of water to win a wet T-Shirt contest.

    The Palace Pub was a ‘Norman only’ road house.

    My ‘pre-fab’, assembled in 1969, is called ‘The BuiltLess Estate’ for very good reason.

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    billwog  over 3 years ago

    It starts with cotton farmers irrigating their fields.

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    billwog  over 3 years ago

    Plus, All water is recycled. That 700 gallons didn’t disappear. After serving the plant the leaves transpired moisture back into the atmosphere which then rose and formed clouds which then rained back down on the plants. Heat rays from the sun vaporize water which rises and then becomes a cloud. Guess what the cloud does.Water in eh Sea of Galilee could be the same water that was here when Jesus took his dudes fishing.

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    ChessPirate  over 3 years ago

    Well, with a name like “Biltmore”, what else is it gonna be when they finish building it?

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    ekke  over 3 years ago

    The idea of end-user water conservation (“Water waste means water shortage!”) saving us all is terribly naive, as the vast majority of water use is in support of industrial and agricultural processes. As water becomes increasingly critical through widespread supply limits, this should point the way to begin addressing the problem.

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    Buckeye67  over 3 years ago

    Something else to ponder. It takes 500,000 gallons of water to process one ton of Lithium which will produce about 100 electric car batteries. So when we go all electric on the road, water just may be worth more than what gasoline costs today.

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    Petemejia77  over 3 years ago

    I read that Jay-Z wears a brand new t-shirt only once.

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    dsolomon4552  over 3 years ago

    The Biltmore, eh? “Chauncey” Gardiner, “Being There”. Good times.

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    stamps  over 3 years ago

    I want to see the Biltless estate.

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    craigwestlake  over 3 years ago

    Well, that means that cotton is the REAL quicker picker upper…

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    Sneaker  over 3 years ago

    I was to Biltmore Once and to tell the truth, I think it was a waste of time and money!

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    PaulLeckner  over 3 years ago

    I thought Gloria Vanderbilt was the last of the Vanderbilts. Her son Anderson Cooper was disinherited. With a portfolio of $100 million dollars and a yearly salary of $10 million dollars, he will not suffer.

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    pbr50138  over 3 years ago

    Why would anyone want or even need a house that big? SMH

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