Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 22, 2022

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 2 years ago

    Did Dr. Kane have a fine recovery on that surgery 101 years ago?

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    jmolay161  about 2 years ago

    Since the Stoned Age half a century ago, brains have probably gotten smaller due to people getting high on crazy drugs!

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    jmolay161  about 2 years ago

    Regarding the Stone Age, you needed a bigger brain to keep track of all those thousands of little stones lying around.

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    Copy-&-Paste  about 2 years ago

    …And did the Doctor send himself a Doctor’s Bill after his operation?

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    Strider Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Well that explains the Politicians in Washington D.C. – LOL

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  about 2 years ago

    My doctor specializes in walletectomies.

    Take care, may hirsute but clever cave dweller Umphglk “Ynklpltmptog” Kmbleegenzord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    FassEddie  about 2 years ago

    Anthropologists tell us Neanderthal men did not walk fully erect.

    Which makes sense, given what Neanderthal women looked like.

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    heathcliff2  about 2 years ago

    Glad the doctor experienced no complications.

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    stamps  about 2 years ago

    Given what’s going on in politics these days, I’m going to vote Neanderthal.

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    sedrelwesley2 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Where did this appendectomy take place? I heard of of surgeon from that era nicknamed “Buttonhole” because his incisions were so small.

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    paranormal  about 2 years ago

    Brains are getting smaller because we only use about 10%…

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    pearlsbs  about 2 years ago

    Human brains, while they may be smaller than they used to be, have probably become more efficient.

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    donnagant622  about 2 years ago

    Love it!!

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    jimchronister2016  about 2 years ago

    I know the remark about the brain is very true! Look at how many people still support trump!

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    schaefer jim  about 2 years ago

    God that an old one, I heard it when I was a teen 55 years ago. Old but funny! Also mind had something better then backrubs!

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    J. R. M.   about 2 years ago

    I remember when RBION entries used to give me horripilation.

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    Angry Indeed Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Dr. Kane billed himself for the surgery with no family discount. BION! ;-p

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    namelocdet  about 2 years ago

    Human brains have been getting smaller, but human bodies have been getting larger.

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    azardoz  about 2 years ago

    Put any nonsense on the Web & it becomes gospel, because some sites are merely echo chambers & will use anything as fodder. Here’s a rebuttal:

    https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/unlv-research-no-human-brain-did-not-shrink-3000-years-ago

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