Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 11, 2023

Bonus info:

The recordholders before Ronnie and Donnie were Chang and Eng Bunker, the world famous Siamese twins (and I mean actually Siamese) who toured with Barnum. Like the Bunkers, the Galyons spent several decades on tour as a sideshow, where they made most of their savings.

Mountain stone wētā are pretty large even ignoring their freezability, averaging about 2.5 inches from tail to head. The heaviest insect species, the giant wētā, is closely related, and is around 4 inches. Both are native to New Zealand.

The holes in Swiss cheese (and other varieties) are actually bubbles of gas formed during the fermentation process. Because the formation of bubbles requires tiny particles as starting points, improved hygienic practices over the years have made blind blocks more and more common as contaminants have been removed more and more thoroughly.

If I was almost frozen I’d want to be stoned too.

The Weta is asking Why do those sadistic Kiwi scientists keep putting me in the freezer?

And there is none so blind as them who WILL NOT SEE. ~ Gus the Street Corner Philosopher Just Drop a Dollar In the Hat Please

May the award be with you as it is with my fee, and gesundheit.

I wish I could afford some good Swiss cheese.

Blind cheese? Is this where the song, “Three blind mice” came from? Maybe they were just trying to find blind cheese. ☺️

If conjoined twins had separate hearts, what would they do if one died???

I like the ‘contaminants’ in my Swiss cheese.

Weta is the name of the Lord of the Rings special effects and franchise items.

How did they determine it’s 82% and not 83%?