Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 28, 2012
Transcript:
Only 2 people have ever voluntarily declined a Nobel prize- philosopher Jean Paul Sarte (1964) and Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho (1973)! In addition to plant pollen, bees can produce honey from honeydew, the excretions of aphids and other insects that feed on plants! Waste from train toilets that corrodes and weakens the rails is partially responsible for the 15,000 deaths on Indian Railways each year!
Jogger2 over 12 years ago
Uhhh, Bees make honey mainly from the nectar from plants’ flowers, not from the pollen. They collect pollen mainly for protein.
Jogger2 over 12 years ago
In the early 1990’s, I took a train trip in the U.S. Some of the toilets in some of the cars on some of the routes did dump waste onto the track.
Aussie Down Under over 12 years ago
S*@# what a bummer for those Indian train travelers. No mention of where the many roof travelers add their contribution.
fixer1967 over 12 years ago
If your poop can eat a railroad track in two then you really need to change your diet.
Simon_Jester over 12 years ago
Hey, if I’d been told I’d have to share the Nobel Peace Prize with Henry Kissinger, I’D have declined it too.
ypsikids over 12 years ago
The fact that one term Barry got a Nobel prize makes it worthless now. Just sayin’
walruscarver2000 over 12 years ago
I warned you about that curry!
Stephen Gilberg over 12 years ago
Sartre’s such a misanthrope he probably took the award as an insult.
Fan o’ Lio. over 12 years ago
Don’t $hit on the 3rd rail.
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
Track flush was common in the US until about 1990?
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
I heard a story once (can someone confirm it) that someone was working on a railway tressle with a torch. Passenger train stops on tressle . Passenger flushes toilet – right on the worker! Worker turns torch up flush pipe. Passenger has “uplifting” experience! Lawsuit results.
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
July 1948, aboard the Oriental Limited, rolling across Montana.Suddenly, a scream comes out of women’s restroom!!Several women hastily exit restroom.And then the smell of skunk wafts through the car.(Appears someone flushed the toilet just as we ran over a skunk)
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
PASSENGERS WILL PLEASE REFRAIN FROM FLUSHING TOILETS WHILE THE TRAIN IS IN THE STATION.(This sign was manufactured by the millions 1900 – 1980)
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
Excretion and waste are the emphases in all three items today!
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
@Ishakawa Goemon,That’s a vulgar word in the USA (in case you didn’t know it)!
iced tea over 12 years ago
♫♪♫♪A taste of honey, tasting much sweeter than wine.♫♪♫♪
I love that song by the early Beatles.
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
They encourage constipation while the train is in the station, etc