Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 22, 2014
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Transcript:
Norwegian born smell expert Sissel Tolaas has a collection of over 7000 different smells that she has harvested from around the world. ? The University of Oregon football team has 512 different uniform combinations to choose from before every game. The popular Dumb Cane house plant will cause paralysis of the vocal cords for weeks of any part of it is ingested- hence the name!
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Templo S.U.D. about 10 years ago
How many uniform combinations does UO’s basketball team have I wonder. Methinks only two: home and away. I didn’t even bother to notice when I get the chance to see a Ducks football game.
Space_cat about 10 years ago
Hence the name? what name? OH, you mean the Mother In Law Plant? Perhaps they should do more research before going to print.
Nighthawks Premium Member about 10 years ago
oh nonsense!….504 , 505 tops.the very idea of 512 different combinations is just insane!
stlmaddog5 about 10 years ago
2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024. 512 is one half a gig.
tedunn5453 about 10 years ago
And the uniform combinations are each uglier than the previous one. 512 is one half a meg…
Simon_Jester about 10 years ago
The Ducks get their uniforns, courtesy of Nike
Brown Leghorn about 10 years ago
Someone send that plant to the Congressional Messhall quick so we are spared these coming attack ads! Maybe?
loner34 about 10 years ago
The term for someone who can’t speak is MUTE. Please get off of that “dumb” idea, lest someone call you dumb (as in not very intelligent).
Stephen Gilberg about 10 years ago
I guess the uniform has nine components, each with two versions.
tuslog64 about 10 years ago
And why does it just paralyze the vocal cords?
boldyuma about 10 years ago
Smell expert?..Reminds me of the old joke about a guy who distinguish different woods by just the smell..Punchline was “outhouse door on a tuna boat”..Story is not for the general comment section..but, you can google it..,,ha!