Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 12, 2015
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Planted in 2005, 2000-year-old seeds found in Israel in 1963 sprouted a type of tree extinct for over 1000 years! On October 17, 1814, about 387,000 gallons of beer from the Meux & Company Brewery flooded Central London with a 15 FT high wave! Norwegian artist Alexander Selvik Wengshoel had his deformed hip removed by doctors in 2010- and then ate it, saying it tasted like wild sheep!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
I wonder how goes that Israeli tree ten years later. Why did Alexander eat his deformed hip anyway? As for that 99-year-old story of the high wave of beer, I bet Andy Capp would’ve liked to be involved in it.
Old Texan75 almost 9 years ago
On January 15, 1919 a molasses storage tank burst in Boston, Mass., dumping 2,300,000 gallons of molasses. The wave of molasses was 25 feet high, traveling at an estimated 35 miles per hour. The molasses killed 21 people, injured 150 and killed numerous horses. It knocked buildings from their foundations and damaged the elevated railway.
Yeah, I remember reading about the Great Boston Molasses flood, so I googled it to get information. I probably read about it in Ripley’s Believe it or Not.
The flood caused one of the first class action lawsuits in the United States. The tank was found to be defective in many ways. The tank leaked so badly that the owners painted it brown to hide the leaks.
Now I have to search for the 2,000 year old seeds. I don’t remember seeing anything on this, but I hope they were Cedars Of Lebanon, which I believe to be extinct.
Old Texan75 almost 9 years ago
Dateline, Kibbutz Ketura. March 24, 2015. Ten years later the tree, a date palm, has become a father. It successfully dated a female to produce a datelet.
More of the seeds have sprouted and at least two of them are female. So reports National Geographic.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/150324-ancient-methuselah-date-palm-sprout-science/
It is a type of North African date palm.
Stephen Gilberg almost 9 years ago
I guess if there’s one form of cannibalism we’ll allow in humans, it’s partial self-cannibalism.I seem to recall an episode of “I Dream of Jeannie” about a discovery of long-gone seeds. Must’ve been inspired by the news.
Durak Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Ok, the hip guy. Do we really need to share crap like that? Because that’s not art, that’s sickness.
Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member almost 9 years ago
RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 9 years ago
I know many people who would consider a 15 foot high wave of beer Heaven.
Max Starman Jones almost 9 years ago
Alexander first asked to eat his brain, but they told him he would starve to death.
bookworm0812 almost 9 years ago
So….if he was eating himself, was it still cannibalism?
bookworm0812 almost 9 years ago
And as far as that beer wave, my best friend would have been a believer in miracles. Too bad that happened 162 years ahead of his time.
boldyuma almost 9 years ago
I chew my toenails and fingernails..That’s as far as I want to go(I know,I know TMI)