Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 11, 2013

Spitting antelope dung is a sport? I would have thought it was a punishment or a psychiatric ward possibility once you were suitably psyched.

Just think that you get to keep your old credit cards. Sure I would destroy mine when it expired. Melted down and taken to those people that buy old gold.

Bubble wrap as wall paper? That’s hard to believe.

Would love to see a Paul Harvey “Rest of the Story” on the dung spiting. How did they come up with it ?

If I am ever in South Africa and have a mouth full of antelope dung, that is sure as hell what I will do with it!

From what I could learn, the bubble wrap was never actually sold as wallpaper, but was originally developed to be a three-dimensional wall-paper. The idea didn’t go over so hot but the developers realized it made great packaging material the rest is history.

Bubble was markteded as wallpaper. When that failed it was marketed it as greenhouse insulation. It was first used as packing by IBM. Now you know the story.

They started with elephant dung but it kept landing on their shoes.

What’s dung is dung! You can’t change it now!

As I recall, the spirit of the Russian Revolution was that everyone was supposed to be equal.Then, shouldn’t all have the gold card?

What’s with the annoying pop-up? I have only a limited time on the internet and have to wade through that?Pop-ups were the reason I dropped watching Seattle PI.

A similar story on Clippard. They used to make coils for radios. The machinery to wind coils worked best with small air cylinders. However, the big names in air cyclinders at the time only made large ones. So, they machined their own.When word got around, other companies asked them to make some for them.Eventually, they said to H—- with coils, we’ll make and sell miniature air cylinders!!!!

Bubblewrap was once sold in toy stores for kids to sit and pop the bubbles. That’s fun to do!

spittng antelope dung????!!!!!!….ugh ick!!!!!!!!!!!..but that was interesting about bubble wrap first used as wallpaper before it was used as packing material

who has to kiss the winner?

Bubble wrap is actually used as wallpaper in the movie “Serenity” — look for it early on, in the medical lab where River Tam is being worked on.