Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 20, 2021

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    drexelgal  over 3 years ago

    Who had only minor injuries? Michael Packard? Or the whale? The sentence is confusing.

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    Caldonia  over 3 years ago

    That guy really didn’t want to lose his lobster, just kept hold of it even inside the whale.

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    BlueCoaster Premium Member over 3 years ago

    This is hard to read the way it is now being laid out. I am going to have to stop reading.

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    Zykoic  over 3 years ago

    South America and Africa were joined about a million years ago. It was all monkeys, all over, all-the-time. ;-)

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    wjones  over 3 years ago

    84 Million years ago the distance between Africa and South America was more like a river then a ocean.

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    Dr. Quatermass  over 3 years ago

    Mr. Packard was quoted as saying, “Hey Jay? Jay, I was swallowed by a f**king baby wheel, bro!”

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    theincrediblebulk  over 3 years ago

    The lettering style is hard to read. Can the person doing the lettering please return to the old style or a more standard font? Please?

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    lmuller7  over 3 years ago

    Nope = about 1,200 miles !

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    Belt buckle scraped the roof of the whale’s mouth.

    Take care, may coriander grader Jonah Exaggerord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    [Unnamed Reader - b35ca2]  over 3 years ago

    Print way too small for us old folks.

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    The Pro from Dover  over 3 years ago

    I love the new artist and lettering style. Keep up the good work!

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    Saddenedby Premium Member over 3 years ago

    - not too crazy about lightning if I’m sitting in a boat with a carbon rod in my hand. 2 believes and 1 huh?

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    juliepie628 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I hate this new font! Change it back!

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    pearlsbs  over 3 years ago

    According to the below site, lightning strikes the Earth about 3 billion times per year. So, 100 million lightning strikes per year in the tropics alone doesn’t seem that unusual.

    https://learn.weatherstem.com/modules/learn/lessons/36/02.html

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    Jogger2  over 3 years ago

    I can’t tell if that is “34”, “64”, or “84” million years ago.

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    royclark  over 3 years ago

    I dont care for the new hard to read font!

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    Crimson Crab Premium Member over 3 years ago

    New design makes readability a challenge for us oldsters!

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    Michael Packard: the modern-day Jonah… except Jonah was in the great fish’s belly for three days

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    WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I wonder when the monkeys decided to abandon sailing? You never hear about that anymore…

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    Jogger2  over 3 years ago

    The throat of a Humpback Whale is only a few inches in diameter. For a big swallow it can stretch to 15. So, unless he is small, Michael Packard was in no danger of being swallowed. But, the whale might have killed him by other means.

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