Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 02, 2015
Transcript:
India's Maharajah of Nabha once owned a 1910 Brooke Swan car whose wooden body resembled a swimming Swan. There are actually 29,000 acres of green space in New York City! Drosera Magnifica, a species of carnivorous plant, is the first plant to be discovered via Facebook, thanks to an upload by Reginaldo Vasconcelos in 2013.
Rob Rex about 9 years ago
But how much of that “green space” is graffiti?
Templo S.U.D. about 9 years ago
and how did Reginaldo discover that fabulous flora which he shared on Facebook?
Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member about 9 years ago
Jay Leno has two.
Brown Leghorn about 9 years ago
Yes NYC had a lot more green back in the 40’s Brooklyn had cow pastures, orchards, farms, and Victory gardens everywhere. Buildings had courtyard lawns where peppers and tomatoes grew. Then there were penthouse gardens looking over Manhattan and NY harbor
comixbomix about 9 years ago
Surprising that Aflac hasn’t bought them…their version of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile…?
hg6it21 about 9 years ago
That’s 453+ Sq Miles NYC has a total of 468.9 Sq Miles?
prince valiant Premium Member about 9 years ago
I don’t think Jay owns them. He did do a video of them last year. I think the owners had them at Pebble Beach.
Jogger2 about 9 years ago
I remember a company that rented used cars called “Ugly Duckling”, competitor of “Rent-A-Wreck”
Stephen Gilberg about 9 years ago
Don’t the hood ornaments obstruct the driver’s view?
DoubleM about 9 years ago
I’m pretty sure most of that green space is in Central Park and Staten Island.
flyintheweb about 9 years ago
probably more is the wetlands around JFK – they count. Also down along Marine Pkwy.
Brown Leghorn about 9 years ago
A lot of the other cities are greener, that is “Green with Envy”