Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 10, 2014
March 09, 2014
March 11, 2014
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Oil from the heads of sperm wales was used to make smokeless candles in the 19th century - a single wale could provide 3 tons of fuel. In the old American West, some jails were made of clay and had no bars, so prisoners were chained to large rocks that were buried in the dirt! The Asian vampire moth calyptra thalictri, found in Europe, is known to suck the blood of humans.
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The sperm whale oil used to be good for a lot of things. Lamp oil, and sewing machine oil, watches. Just about everything that required a high quality oil. But it wasn’t just the blubber, it was the oil located in the whales head.