Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 27, 2012

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    BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 12 years ago

    All these years I thought theremin was a vitamin supplement.:)

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    el8  over 12 years ago

    feed my corpse to the dolphins (even if the sharks do end up eating me)

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    hawgowar  over 12 years ago

    Theremin? Sort of like a Moog?

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    Aussie Down Under  over 12 years ago

    It makes sense to leave a body to be scavenged. Everything is disposable so why not keep the circle of life happening. In Oz if you cremate the body, I guess the illegitimate government and it’s illegitimate carbon tax will apply. I suspect this post will attract a comment from some true Canadian liberals. But who cares?.

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    Puddleglum2  over 12 years ago

    What’s the ‘porpoise’ tasting sweet things? They can taste “Sweet Nothings”.

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    Red_Fez  over 12 years ago

    Wow…I wonder how many $millions were spent to find out dolphins don’t have a sweet tooth.

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    Simon_Jester  over 12 years ago

    If you’ve seen, "The Day The Earth Stood Still’, you’ve heard a Theremin playing. ( It starts when Gort shows up )

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aK8I-CDQGQ

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    Mostly Water Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Here’s Leon Theremin playing his own instrument. No not that instrument. It’s just the Utube title… You will have to cut and paste since I haven’t figured how to make the link hot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5qf9O6c20o.

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    Jogger2  over 12 years ago

    Theremin also invented some eavesdropping devices. One device bounced an infrared beam off of a window. Another evaded detection because the power source came from radio waves. In effect, it had no power source except when it was in use. It operated similar to today’s RFID devices.

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    Simon_Jester  over 12 years ago

    Someone just told me a Theremin was used on the Led Zep song, Whole Lotta Love

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    BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 12 years ago

    A theremin was used in “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys. They used a slide whistle when they performed it on “American Bandstand”.

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    iced tea  over 12 years ago

    Who, may I ask, became a dolphin to find out they can’t taste sweet things?

    ;)

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    jppjr  over 12 years ago

    Well, if they can’t taste sweet, my g/f is definitely safe from them…myself, on the other hand….

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    comicnut4636  over 12 years ago

    Here’s another link to watch a young woman play a Theremin:

    http://www.ted.com/talks/pamelia_kurstin_plays_the_theremin.html

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    GeorgeJohnson  over 12 years ago

    Theremin was also a soviet spy for lenin and used his time in the USA to “ravage” our patent department of the US government. That’s how the soviets got so many secrets back then, it was WIDE open.

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    mntim  over 12 years ago

    The theremin was NOT used in the Star Trek theme. That was a human voice. The musical term for that sort of singing is vocalise.

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    Scott S  over 12 years ago

    Also played in “Good Vibrations.”

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    James Lindley Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Leon Theramin also invented espionage equipment for his native Russia.

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    flyintheweb  over 12 years ago

    They didn’t actually use a theremin on Star Trek, though the sound is similar – but Sheldon plays one on Big Bang Theory

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    Pygar  over 12 years ago

    Why substitute another voice for one you’ve had in the can since 1966? The original vocalist could be long dead, the recordings don’t evaporate upon death…

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