Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 24, 2022

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    eromlig  over 2 years ago

    Welcome back, Jewish friends! Whether you went seven days or eight, it’s over for another year – and while is IS a Sacred Remembrance, it’s also Duty. So…At Ease!

    This one goes out to all farmers everywhere, not just in the nation mentioned:A Russian father writes to his son in prison. “I don’t know what I’m going to do about plowing the back 40 acres this year without you here to help me, Son,” his letter states. “How can I do the planting without plowing first?”

    He receives a rapid reply: “Dad, you shouldn’t be touching that area; it’s where I buried the loot.”

    Soon after, a truckload of agents descends on the farm and starts digging. After two days, however, they leave in disgust, having found no trace of the missing loot.

    The next day, the father plants his land…and sends his son a thank-you note.

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    Charlie Fogwhistle  over 2 years ago

    Most of the astronomical black hole jokes really suck, so this is a different type of black hole. Don’t worry. It’s P G rated, at worst.

    Two guys, Jim and Dwight, were out for a hike and came across a pitch black hole the size of a minivan. Amazed Dwight walked carefully to the edge. He looked into the utter darkness and asked “Hey Jim, how deep do you think this goes?”

    Jim came over, picked up a small rock and lobbed it in. They both knelt down and turned their heads, straining to try and hear it hit the bottom. After about ten seconds Jim looked up to Dwight and says “strange, I didn’t hear it hit.. did you?” Dwight replied, “No, not a thing.. this hole might be endless!” Excitedly Dwight found a larger rock, picked it up with both hands and heaved it into the abyss. They leaned in to listen, and again, not the slightest hint of impact. “Curious..” Dwight said..

    Jim scanned the surroundings and spotted a boulder. “Hey Dwight, give me a hand!” he shouted. The two started lugging the beachball sized stone to the edge. After great effort, they managed to get the boulder to the edge and did a quick count down.

    “Three. Two. ONE!”

    The stone disappeared into the darkness, plummeting through the void. With ears turned downwards, Jim and Dwight listened intently, eyes locked. Almost immediately, a bleating sheep ran and JUMPED into the hole! Their eyes went wide, Dwight asked incredulously “.. did you see that?” As the bleat faded away, Jim responded “Was that a …. sheep?” They both sat back, astonished.

    A few moments later a farmer came up to the still perplexed pair. The farmer asked, “Hey, have you guys seen my sheep ’round these parts?” Dwight said, “Well, yes.. the craziest thing just happened.” Jim chimed in, “Yeah, I don’t know how to say this, but your sheep just ran and jumped into that massive hole.” The farmer laughed, and said “That couldn’t possibly by mine. My sheep was tied to a heavy boulder.”

    Until next time.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 2 years ago

    That Sega Genesis game: how is Sonic compared to that?

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    monkeysky  over 2 years ago

    This must be the third or fourth time I’ve explained this in the comment section here. Whenever you hear about a really high auction price for a video game in the past few years, that is the result of market manipulation.

    A very small group of collectors and auction house owners work together to artificially drive the price up, frequently buying the games from themselves. It is unethical and very likely at least partially illegal.

    I know this sounds like a conspiracy theory, but not only do the public records of these big sales make it obvious, it also shows that these are often the same exact individuals who did the exact same thing in the rare coin market a couple decades ago.

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    whahoppened  over 2 years ago

    Always refreshing to see a comment related to a B.O.N. item.

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    James Wolfenstein  over 2 years ago

    6 feet in my DNA?!?! What about my height!!! Darn nature!!! And I could use one extra inch if you can spare it… ;D

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    PaulAbbott2  over 2 years ago

    Dude, nothin’ wrong with a little bud. Cool, buddy

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    goboboyd  over 2 years ago

    Six feet of DNA in every cell. No wonder I’ve been feeling blotted for the last three quarters of a century.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 2 years ago

    If it’d been a walrused copy instead of a sealed copy it would have been worth much more. LOL… lmao, etc.. so on, so forth…..

    Take care, may happy carnival barker Jack “Well I Don’t Really Bark Per Se It’s More Of An Enthusiastic While Still Hauntingly Discreet Admonishment To Stop Walking And Come Over Here And Enjoy My Wares Here In This Jovial Environment We Smilingly Call Our Place To Get Away From It All” Slappord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    oakie817  over 2 years ago

    my cells contain 8 feet of DNA, and a partridge in a pear tree

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    FassEddie  over 2 years ago

    I took a DNA test.

    Turns out, I am 70% water and 2% milk.

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    markhughw  over 2 years ago

    So even with the current limited view of the universe and the one bounded only by the big bang that we are experiencing from 14 billion years ago, given this type of black hole rebirth, it is not certain that everything dies out in 100 trillion years, only that portion of the universe created by our big bang.

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    paranormal  over 2 years ago

    How can you tell if a Black Hole is pregnant???

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    daisypekin01  over 2 years ago

    only 1 of the above “facts” is truly provable.

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    suelou  over 2 years ago

    Seriously, do they make up about half of these things as a joke to see what we will believe?

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    LoveBritTV Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Seems as if cells are our own personal TARDIS as they’re bigger on the inside!

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    Michael Talley Premium Member over 2 years ago

    I wouldn’t give them 480 cents but, if one of the freshly minted millionaires our society produces now wants to buy it for that price, that their business. It’s no more foolish than purchasing an NFT.

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