Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 05, 2013
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Transcript:
The paint known as mummy brown, popular with 19th-century artists, was made from powdered Egyptian mummies! Julia Pastrana, a Victorian sideshow performer known as the Apewoman, was finally buried in her home country of Mexico in 2013, 150 years after her death! Wisdom a wild Laysan albatross of the South Pacific, is 62 years old and had her 36th check in February 2013!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 11 years ago
Que finalmente descanses en paz, doña Julia. As for the paint, that’s just wrong to disturb the dead like that! Congrats, Wisdom, too I might add.
Dkram almost 11 years ago
Egyptian mummies were also used as wood for railroad locomotives.Something I picked up watching “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” on TV..\\//_
Aussie Down Under almost 11 years ago
So I guess there was never an over supply of “Mummy brown”. As regards the albatross, has anyone seen her birth certificate?
smithron4 almost 11 years ago
That was my thought also, how did anyone date the birth of that particular albatross! And how do they know she had 35 other young!
EddieC23 almost 11 years ago
The Albatross was “banded,” fitted with that metal ring around the lower leg, just after hatching. Biologists have been observing her and her offspring every season all these years.
Thehag almost 11 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_u7VGiMO0U
Too much fun!
Richard Amidei Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Happy Cinco de Mayo, Julia.
Marvin3 almost 11 years ago
It gets deeper with each passing day, Doesn’t it?