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Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 15, 2012
May 14, 2012
May 16, 2012
Transcript:
The first US government agency to make use of the iconic Thompson submachine gun after its 1921 introduction was the U.S. Postal Service! Ancient Peruvians ate popcorn more than 6000 years ago! No one has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 19 different occasions since they began being presented in 1901!
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billcor almost 13 years ago
ok, but I bet someone picked up 20 right?
Aussie Down Under almost 13 years ago
With all the non stop wars and sabre rattling it’s a wonder anyone won a Peace Prize after WWI.
I assume no one complained if their mail was delayed.
Larhof52 almost 13 years ago
The Postal Service was also the first government agency to quit using the Tommie gun after the first postal event.
randymi almost 13 years ago
The Nobel awards are utterly political bunk as far as I’m concerned.
tototu almost 13 years ago
Didn’t Gore get on the cover to Time like some other infamous miscreants?
tototu almost 13 years ago
Popcorn used to be a breakfast cereal, particularly in rural America.
erpickell almost 13 years ago
I have trouble visualizing popcorn without salt.
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 13 years ago
soon after the implantation of supplying letter carriers with Thompson submachine guns, complaints from angry dog-owning customers encouraged the postal service to replace the Thomson submachine guns with pepper spray.
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 13 years ago
but for awhile there, dogbite reports went WAAAAY down
tuslog64 almost 13 years ago
As Harry Truman once commented when asked how he felt about one of the NP awards: “I didn’t give it to him!”
Stephen Gilberg almost 13 years ago
Is it just me, or does that Peruvian look creepy?
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
Maybe he swallowed the kernels and they popped in his stomach!
Max Starman Jones almost 13 years ago
The man who founded the Nobel Peace Prize is also the inventor of dynamite and other explosives that are today used in roadside bombs.