Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 19, 2014
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Transcript:
7 Giraffes have the same number of neck bones as a human- seven. Keep calm and stay dry! Great Britain is slowly rising in the north and sinking in the South, due to the melting northern ice since the last Ice Age. The U.S. Air Force drop more than 20 tons of candy by parachute to children in Berlin during the 1948-49 Soviet blockade of the city. A tactic codenamed Operation Little Vittles.
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BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 10 years ago
There was a documentary on the local PBS station about the “Candy Bomber”.
Marv Walker over 10 years ago
Global Warming! Global Cooling! Global Warming! Global Cooling! Global Warming! Global Cooling! Global Warming! Global Cooling! Climate Change! Climate Change! Climate Change! Climate Change! Climate Change! Climate Change!
It’s all that carbon dioxide exhaled by them Rugby players!
Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
Colonel Gail Halvorsen (who participated in Operation Little Vittles) is a fellow Mormon. As for giraffe neck bones, do seven human neck bones equal one section of giraffe neck bones?
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 10 years ago
Interesting; nothing was said about “global warming” and yet someone had to bring it up.
francisrossi over 10 years ago
Bye bye London. Whatever will we do?
Mneedle over 10 years ago
The one on the English island can not be. Water seeks it’s own level. The water would go around the island at an equal rate. This one I do not believe.
Old Texan over 10 years ago
My Grandmother had 3 months of schooling in her entire life. Yet she could correctly spell the word “victuals”. The army once had a “Victualling Department”. Yes, it is pronounced “vittles”, but it is spelled “victuals”.