Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 29, 2013
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The Blue Capped Ifrita songbird of Papua New Guinea has highly poisonous skin and feathers! Five percent of the world's population, including actor Johnnie Depp, are stereo blind, meaning they are unable to see movies in 3-D. The Statue of Liberty was used as the United States' first electric lighthouse from 1886-1902, when it was decommissioned because it wasn't bright enough!
billybobaz almost 11 years ago
Try using LED bulbs
joe piglet Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I can see 3D movies, in 3D, for about 5 minutes then my brain adjusts to the show and it becomes a waste of money. The only movie that stay 3D in my head/mind was the Hobbit, may be it was the # of pictures per second.
Unlike Obama, ooooo I will take a shot.
francisrossi almost 11 years ago
Said five percent aren’t missing anything. They save money too.
ChessPirate almost 11 years ago
There were a few times where movies on TV were played up for the 3D, special “glasses” and all. The only time I ever actually got the 3D effect was for about 2 seconds during the film “Hondo”, starring John Wayne.
goweeder almost 11 years ago
I will never be able to see things in 3D again — I mean EVERYTHING. I have Macular Degeneration in my right eye. I can see pretty good with my left eye, but if I shut it and look at something only with my right eye,parts of what I see are distorted. Oh, well — still better than being completely blind.
Frogman_tg almost 11 years ago
I’m wondering if the Blue-Capped Ifrita’s skin and feathers are actually poisonous of if they become poisonous from something they eat?
Frogman_tg almost 11 years ago
I looked it up and found this “The toxin is acquired from part of its diet, specifically Choresine spp. beetles”. http://www.ask.com/wiki/Blue-capped_Ifrit?o=2801&qsrc=999
boldyuma almost 11 years ago
I still have the blue/green “Hondo” glasses from the TV showing (San Fran TV20)in 1982..Bought them at 7-11…I also have th 3D glasses from"Creature Of The Black Lagoon"..It always took be 3 minutes to program my brain to see it in 3D..
chromosome Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Both my eyes work, just not together. I’ve never had 3D even for things around me. However, I think I’m pretty good at compensating by moving my head and being good at paying attention to the sizes of things in comparison.
Camelkev13 almost 11 years ago
One of many things wrong with Johnny Depp
chromosome Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Thanks for sharing this. My problems stemmed from being born cross-eyed but not having surgery for it until I was in high school. I never developed depth perception. However, if you had depth perception at any earlier time in your life, the prisms will correct your vision.