Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 29, 2012
February 28, 2012
March 01, 2012
Transcript:
Be-leap it! Or not! Earth's cycle of seasons is 365.242 days long, without leap years to keep pace, the dates of our 365 day calendar would quickly move out of sync with the seasons! Houston, we have a problem Without suction fans creating a vacuum, the water and waste in the toilets aboard the International Space Station would float throughout the cabin! Heave hose! In August 2011, monks from the famous Shaolin Temple, as well as other Buddhist temples across the country, held a firefighting contest in Hangzhou, China.
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Michael Thorton almost 13 years ago
That space toilet issue was referenced in an episode of The Big Bang Theory when one that Howard made began to malfunction. I can’t think of what happened when it failed in space.
Aussie Down Under almost 13 years ago
Splat!!!
joe piglet Premium Member almost 13 years ago
We are about 14 days out of sync, or extra. The question is where do you put them. The Global warmers are making a killing by match temperature with days on the calendar. What would the weather pattern be like if they inserted the 14 days and adjusted the seasons.
Stephen Gilberg almost 13 years ago
First depiction of human excrement I’ve seen in a comic strip. Figures, given the gruesome details we’ve read before.“Be-leap” is kind of cute, but the fact is easy to believe.
Trainwreck_1 almost 13 years ago
Houston… We Have TMI
Trainwreck_1 almost 13 years ago
…Too Much Information! For any of those who might need TMI?
runar almost 13 years ago
I guess that was an authentic Chinese Fire Drill.
jimwill0803 almost 13 years ago
I’m all synched up! uuummmhhhhhuuuunnnn
iced tea almost 13 years ago
We don’t follow the right calendar or it’s just that out calendar is all mixed up-that’s why we have leap years.
engineman almost 13 years ago
Why do they need a vacuum pump when outer space is all vacuum?
tuslog64 almost 13 years ago
It’s just that the universe resembles a belt driven rather than a gear driven machine, ie nothing comes out even. Since a leap year every four years was an overcorrection to the calendar, 3 out of 4 century years are dropped as leap years, ie 1700 1800 1900 were not leap years, neither will 2100 2200 2300. Thus, Feb 29,2000 happened only once every 400 years. This correction is to keep the calendar in step for the next 10,000 years or so.The old Egyptian calendar used only 365 days. It became so far out of step that it was back in step after apx 1450 years.
Dberrymanal1 almost 13 years ago
I always wondered how they handled that in outer space!
Pygar almost 13 years ago
So… how do they keep it from hitting the fan?
tuslog64 almost 13 years ago
Agreed. I should have specified century years not just 2000.You are the second most observant man in history.(The first was the historian that noted that Lady Godiva was riding a WHITE horse!)
Pygar almost 13 years ago
The AGW hoax believers are Leftheads and their dupes, with no regard for human freedom or real economics- the sort who can convince, or be convinced, that making Al Gore richer will somehow stop the Sun from warming up the Earth and other warming planets. Which are you, TCL?