Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 31, 2015
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Transcript:
A day early? South African baby Hanru Van Niekerk was born on November 11, 2014, with a birthmark on his forehead shaped like the number 12! Wow! That's some collection! Lon Mitchell of Jenison, MI, has collected over 16,900 Dennis The Minutes cartoons since 1957! Oops! Spring gets approximately 30 seconds shorter every year!
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aimlesscruzr almost 9 years ago
Interesting, I never knew that about spring, but it makes sense. It’s all due to precession (to the earth’s axis wobbling like a top) and the current place in the wobble makes spring lose time to summer and winter lose time to autumn.
You can read more about it here: Smithsonian article
Dean almost 9 years ago
Are we speaking about the equinox day or the whole season? If the season is getting shorter that implies the earth is speeding up slightly more in its orbit around the sun at that time of year, as the orbit is not a perfect circle we are closer to the sun then during northern winter. So this implies that that axis of the elipse is shortening.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 9 years ago
I recall another BION that said a cartoonist in England launched a comic strip called Dennis the Menace on the same day that Hank Ketchum launched his.
Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
When looking in a mirror, Hanru will think he has a 21 on his head.
Mneedle almost 9 years ago
But the number will appear backwards. (The 2 as a half of a 3.
Stephen Gilberg almost 9 years ago
Dennis’s last name is Mitchell. That may explain Lon’s initial interest.
Artie Adams almost 9 years ago
It wasn’t a day short, it was a month and a day.
louieglutz almost 9 years ago
so THAT’s the reason for climate change…