Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 20, 2012
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Transcript:
Chilly church! Residents of Mitterfirmiansreut, Germany, built a church from snow and ice in December 2011, complete with a 63 foot tall tower! NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity has operated for more than eight years and what was originally planned to be a three-month mission! Immediately after emerging from their pupae as adults, male stalk eyed flies suck in air and inflate their heads like a balloon before the skin hardens!
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BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 13 years ago
No way!
Aussie Down Under almost 13 years ago
When can I get those batteries??
Tog almost 13 years ago
It was an amazing project. I thought the Rover was a fantastic piece of technology.
hawgowar almost 13 years ago
I want them to build my next car.
Hitokiri13 almost 13 years ago
Talk about a real airhead. Ha!
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
In eight years, NASA has had much more Opportunity to procure information!
Elderflower almost 13 years ago
what? No Air Head comments yet?
coldsooner almost 13 years ago
C’mon, admit it was a success. Jeez, some people will bash anything.
tuslog64 almost 13 years ago
Along the same lines – the space telescope was heavily bashed because one lens wasn’t quite right when it first went into orbit. But – what wasn’t noted at the time, that even with the not-quite-right lens that it was still 10X sharper than anything on Earth!(Is the glass half-full or half-empty)
Stephen Gilberg almost 13 years ago
What an ugly town name.
iced tea almost 13 years ago
Are the people in that German church cold,too?
:(
xall2h1 almost 13 years ago
omg.
Wackodude almost 13 years ago
Scotty Multiplies by a factor of four. Always four.
tuslog64 almost 13 years ago
Germans were good at compounding words. One of the longest in English was antidisestablishmentenism, (sp) ie the movement opposing the King’s desire to dis-establish the Catholic Church in England. (The King won out, and Webster recently dropped the word for lack of usage.)