Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 10, 2011
September 09, 2011
September 11, 2011
Transcript:
Surfers can ride ocean waves up tidal bores, where the tide moves up a narrow river, for miles at a time! In an era of machine guns and tanks, Italy's Savoia Cavalry Regiment led the last horse Caverly charge against Soviet troops at Izbushensky on the Don River in 1942! The inventor of the smiley face logo received only $45 for his work!
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FatTonyBalducci about 13 years ago
Did he invent the sad face after that?
Kiba65 about 13 years ago
afficionado,,,huh!!!
runar about 13 years ago
He should have gotten a kick in the crotch.
yohannbiimu about 13 years ago
…And the Savoia Cavalry Regiment was promptly decimated, just like every OTHER Italian engagement during the Second World War.
yohannbiimu about 13 years ago
Hmmm…looked it up on Wikipedia, and that cavalry charge didn’t take place against Soviet troops, but rather Yugoslavian partisans near Poloj in Croatia.
Nighthawks Premium Member about 13 years ago
hm. I hope the the Humane Society was notified about the abuse of horses by thoughtless Italian Cavalry officers charging into machine gun fire
templemathews about 13 years ago
He was over paid
iced tea about 13 years ago
Smiley faces on everything and everywhere in the 70’s. Now that was a real insult to that inventor. Sheesh!
Dberrymanal1 about 13 years ago
I am glad horses are no longer used in wars.
hossblacksilver about 13 years ago
$46 bucks? That’s chump change for Forrest Gump. ; ) ( and yes, I’m joking )
As for the Italians in/just before WW2, the Ethiopian infantry defeated their tank charges by walking up and flipping the tanks on their side.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L3/35