Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 23, 2025

SHE gets the nest and the eggs. HE gets the poem.

“I don’t recognize your voice, but your breath is familiar.”

If Ravens are good at reconciling, that must be how they won their division.

I never hold in gas, especially in elevators.

…as their children, or ‘like’ their children? methinks you lied on this one.

Researchers for the Western Australian Main Roads Department…

….found over 200 dead ravens and crows on the Great Northern Highway recently, and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu.

A Pathologist examined the remains of all the birds, and confirmed that it was NOT Avian Flu.

The cause of death appeared to be from vehicular impacts.However, during the analysis it was noted that varying colours of paints appeared on the bird’s beaks and claws. By analysing these paint residues it was found that 98% of the ravens had been killed by trucks, while only 2% were killed by cars.

The MRD then hired an Ornithological Behaviourist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of truck kills versus car kills. The O.B quickly concluded that when ravens and crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow to warn of impending danger.

They discovered that while all the lookout crows could shout “Cah”, not a single one could shout “Truck”.

Quoth the raven, “Never more, sweetheart.”

Doesn’t surprise me people see their dogs as their children.

Got gas? Let er rip!

So somebody is listening to millennials?

As usual, today’s facts are raven mad.

So this explains all the potty-mouth people.

Amazing!

Who can afford children these days? The children themselves are OK, but their demands for everything on earth will bankrupt you.

On February 23, 1836 general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna laid seige to the Mission San Antonio de Valero (now known as the Alamo); in a 13 day long battle that would pit 5000 Mexican troops against 189 Texan defenders

And here, I thought burps were stillborn farts. I wonder if mouthwash can fix THAT odor?

Pets = Affordable in ways that children are not.

If that egg had showed up in my egg carton, I would have thought to myself “how remarkable”. Then I would have eaten it. How potentially short sighted of me. I would have been able to auction it off and get enough to buy many regular eggs. Although at current prices…

“Now, what am I bid for this carton of eggs?”

“Wow, they’re all spherical?”

“Nope…”