Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 24, 2012
February 23, 2012
February 25, 2012
Transcript:
Look... No motor This Ferris wheel in New Delhi, India, is powered entirely by human muscle! People who have the lenses of their eyes surgically removed gain the ability to see some ultraviolet light! The sprawling Wadi-US-Salaam Cemetery in Najaf, Iraq, holds an estimated 5 million graves!
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Aussie Down Under almost 13 years ago
If the human supplying the muscle gets sick just replace the employee, no need for a health plan. Apologies to Outsourced.
elysummers almost 13 years ago
why would someone want to have the lense of their eye surgically removed?
freefallmotion almost 13 years ago
Cataract removal. They implant an artificial lens. I had it done two years ago (age 33 – it’s not only older eyes that have cataracts), and yes – I can see some ultraviolet. It’s actually kinda cool!
Stephen Gilberg almost 13 years ago
Good grief, “9” comments and only 4 are visible at the moment. Anyhow…Some people can see infrared, for that matter. It’s been suggested that this would explain some “ghost” sightings.
justdaveL almost 13 years ago
We can quadrupole the grave count in Wadi-Us-Salaam!
Kathe almost 13 years ago
Wow! When I have to have surgery for cataracts….I have something to look forward to…..cool.
goweeder almost 13 years ago
It ain’t necessarily so! I had the cataract in my right eye removed, and wound up with macular degeneration (and no ultraviolet) . I am afraid to have the cataract in my left eye removed, for fear of getting macular degeneration in that eye as well..
sbeavin almost 13 years ago
No where near full enough.
jmcx4 almost 13 years ago
I had a lens replacement a few years ago in my right eye. Now color shades are different from eye to eye. Black items sometimes have different shades with my right eye, but look the same with my left. I guess that’s Ultra-something.
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
Since my cataract surgery, the (artificial) intra-ocular lens eye sees brighter (and clearer) than the other eye does. Is the increased brightness related to ultra-violet light?
iced tea almost 13 years ago
Don’t those muscular men get tired and weary working those Ferris wheels?