Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 03, 2024

We’ve always been told that nothing could ‘escape’ a black hole. Stephen Hawking felt differently, and I think I actually understood his explanation, after I read it, for about 8 seconds…which, ironically, is approximately the half-life of moronium.

Haven’t there been several people that have skied off a cliff and parachuted?

Joshua Bregmen, real men don’t use parachutes!

James Bond did that parachute trick back when I was a kid.

In the UK, do they call it a “torch fish”?

Flashlight fish? I thought they were headlamp fish!

What size marble? I gather you don’t mean a large rock found near gold mines!

JumpFrom Near 19000 feet, Josh must have one very big set of lungs!

All kinda cats is hunters. Obligate carnivorous creatures.

I heard of a special opp’s unit the said that they didn’t open their chutes until they landed , tough bunch for sure : )

Leap 10 feet to catch his prey? Big deal. My dachshund puppy leaps that far . horizontally.

On this day in History

Nov 3, 1992

Democrat Bill Clinton is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent President George H. W. Bush

But you don’t have to leap to pray. Just stand or sit right where you are and… oh, you said prey. Never mind. ~ Emily Litella, dead but still interested

The Caracal’s main food source is leaping lizards. BION

Cats are responsible for lots of birds becoming extinct

Can anybody tell me what was wrong with the ‘soldier parachuting’ that it got deleted?

Sure would be kinda nice to hear from the moderators as to WHY!

I’m sensing if a comment gets even 1 flag, the moderators simply delete it without even reading it..

Reason I’m posting this is because the ‘soldier parachuting’ was deleted without explanation!

How much would that marble weigh? Sounds like a good shooter.

Was it 18753 feet of elevation change, or was the cliff “merely” at 18753 feet above sea level? When I ski at Lake Louise, the top elevation is 8650 feet, but the base is 5400, so the actual vertical drop is 3250 feet, not 8650.