Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 18, 2014

We, Americans, already know about Harrison. As for cremation diamonds, no comment.

Harrison had the shortest tenure of any president. Just goes to show: don’t kill yourself trying to prove you’re a tough guy.

I guess generals are supposed to be tough. I was a private at Camp San Onofre inside Camp Pendleton and caught ambulatory pneumonia from watching “Cool Hand Luke” in the rain at an outdoor theater in Nov., ’67.

The answer to overcrowded cemetarys. And u can wear ur loved one on ur finger or around ur neck & hock them if u’re a little short.

In cremation, carbon compounds combine with oxygen and burn off. What is left is primarily bone ash, which includes oxides of calcium and phosphorous and a very small amount of water which is combined with the other substances. Bone ash has no carbon. I suppose there might be a way to turn the carbon in a corpse into a diamond, but starting with the ashes left after cremation would not be the way to do it. I’m thinking soylent sparkle.

What happens if you run out of gas crossing that bridge?

If you run out of gas they push you over the side.

So began Tecumseh’s Curse or the “zero-year jinx,” finally broken by Ronald Reagan. Although he had a close call.

Pres. Harrison may not have died from pneumonia but may have succumbed to typhoid fever. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/science/what-really-killed-william-henry-harrison.html

Cold weather and rain doesn’t cause Pneumonia. Bacteria does…

Apparently that Chinese bridge is strong enough to hold motor vehicles. Scott S., it was the Tippecanoe Curse that lasted from 1840 to 1960. W.H. Harrison was nicknamed Tippecanoe, not Tecumseh, like the Indian chief. And John Scott Harrison, son of one president and father of another, was involved in politics himself.

Yeah, what happened with W.H. Harrison is common knowledge…

Sammy S. wrote: “[US Presidential] campaign (famously one of the most fluffy and frivolous in presidential history).” I.e., the motto was “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!” I question, is vitriol any better?

“Jefferson and Liberty

The gloomy night before us lies, The reign of terror now is o’er; Its gags, inquisitors and spies, Its hordes of harpies are no more Rejoice, Columbia’s sons, rejoice To tyrants never bend the knee But join with heart, and soul and voice For Jefferson and Liberty."