Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 03, 2011
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The last of the Auroch, a giant species of wild cattle that stood more than 6 feet tall at the shoulder, died in Poland in 1627. On June 9, 2011, doctors performed the surgery at Sweden's Karolinska University Hospital, implanting a cancer patient with a new trachea grown from his own stem cells! Hamad In 2011, Hamad Bin Hamdan Nahyan, a member of Abu Dhabi's royal family, had his name carved into an island he owns. The two-mile wide moniker is visible space!
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FatTonyBalducci about 13 years ago
that sounds like alotta bull!
4shadow about 13 years ago
Carving your name into an island? He’s Hamad man!
moe_the_cat about 13 years ago
Yeah but he’ll never carve his name in one of those Aurochs, so take that Hamad!
Stephen Gilberg about 13 years ago
“Visible from space” is vague.
Puddleglum2 about 13 years ago
Who can tell what might stem from adult stem cell research?
tadchem about 13 years ago
“A” is for Aurochs, and always has been.
iced tea about 13 years ago
I read about the aurochs in Edward Rutherford’s classic:Sarum. The prehistoric tribes in England would hunt them down, kill them, and have a BIG feast. The last of them was indeed seen in Poland in the 17th century. That is no bull.
tuslog64 about 13 years ago
Didn’t the species also have cows?
debroq about 13 years ago
Thanks to Bush, the US is far behind on stem cell research.
tuslog64 about 13 years ago
The goal these days is not how big an animal is, but it’s conversion efficiency, ie how many pounds of corn to produce one pound of beef.