Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 19, 2017

Ah, another party animal.

And are you sure that moose is not a she (cow)?

What adrenaline the lass had on the rogue reptile.

“On 29 December 1566 Tycho lost part of his nose in a sword duel against a fellow Danish nobleman, Manderup Parsberg.” – Wikipedia

Hey Mooooooose! Whatcha doin’ with Tycho Brahe…

Hopefully, the leg was still attached.

A moose once bit my sister…

Master Sommelier? Ripley’s, you should have replaced that with the Master Cicerone factoid… Master Cicerone is a more prestigious accomplishment. On average, just over 5 people pass the master sommelier exam each year (250 people over 49 years = 5.1 people) while just over one pass the master cicerone exam each year (13 people over 11 years = 1.2 people)…

Hard to be impressed with the sommelier bit without knowing how many have failed it.

Heck….and I wanted to be a Master Sommelier (whatever that is) sooo bad!

Tycho Brahe died from too much ale at a royal banquet, which caused his bladder to burst. He feared insulting the royals.

Maybe fewer than 250 people ever took the test?

It was actually an elk, not a moose. Apparently the elk drank too much beer at one party and fell down some stairs and died.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe

Would be more impressed if it was a crocodile. Alligator was prob already full.

I read about the girl, Juliana Ossa, and the alligator. “I tried hitting it on its forehead to let me go,” Juliana said in an interview on NBC’s TODAY. "That didn’t work, so I thought of a plan they taught in Gatorland. The guy was wrestling the alligator with its mouth taped, and in this situation it was the other way around.

“So I stuck my two fingers up its nose so it couldn’t breathe — it had to be from its mouth — and he opened it, so it let my leg out.”