Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 23, 2013
May 22, 2013
May 24, 2013
Transcript:
Pinball was banned in New York City from 1942 to 1976! Ruff rider! Rogue, and Australian cattle dog from Southern California, learned to drive a toy electric car in just one day! The sonic boom from the meteor that exploded above Russia in February 2013 was detected 9500 miles away in Antarctica!
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Templo S.U.D. over 11 years ago
NYC probably banned pinball for 34 years due to gambling or the noise.
edclectic over 11 years ago
Next, Rogue will learn to play pinball.
Jogger2 over 11 years ago
The energy from that meteor was about 25 times that released by the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
edclectic over 11 years ago
Bravo!
Weakstream over 11 years ago
Or snooker
elysummers over 11 years ago
That’s an Australian Blue Heeler and yes they are VERY smart. Amazingly so.
rbullfogg over 11 years ago
I don’t know about hearing it in antarctica! I call bull s*$#. Why didn’t we hear it in the United States? I could see hearing it in the Arctic.
rbullfogg over 11 years ago
I don’t know about hearing it in antarctica! I call bull s*$#. Why didn’t we hear it in the United States? I could see hearing it in the Arctic.
john_b55_99 over 11 years ago
I lived across the river from NYC during that time. The machines had a card on them that indicated you had to be at least 16 to play, but I was never questioned. I don’t consider pinball to be gambling, but it is addictive.
jon who tried to make a snowman almost 4 years ago
nyc thought it was connected to the mob, so they banned it.