Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 22, 2015
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Transcript:
Bone dry mystery! 98 human skulls were found at the bottom of a pond dried up by a drought in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, in May 2009. South American guppies were the first fish sent into space! American atomic scientist Glenn Seaborg could write his address in the form of chemical elements- Seaborg, Lawrence Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA translated to Seaborglium, Lawrencium, Berkelium, Californium, Americium.
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Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
And how did the fishy astronauts do? As for Glenn’s address, does a postal worker have that kind of patience to sort and send it?
spaced man spliff almost 9 years ago
If two new elements are discovered/synthesized simultaneously, I propose they be named Laurelium (Lm) and Hardium (Hd)
spaced man spliff almost 9 years ago
Oh, and when it comes around to naming element #117, in the Halogen column, the name has to end with -ine.
wmwiii Premium Member almost 9 years ago
It was one small step for a guppy, but a giant leap for guppydom.
aimlesscruzr almost 9 years ago
So it turns out the bones are only those people the police couldn’t identify so were just tossed into the pond to avoid having to properly dispose of the bodies…
And what’s worse, children playing nearby were the ones that found them….
Children discover 100 human skulls in AligarhCeeJay almost 9 years ago
I’m surprised that there was no objection to sending non-American guppies into space. GUPPY! GUPPY! USA!
comixbomix almost 9 years ago
There’s no “L” in Seaborgium…so I wonder where that letter will end up?
Petemejia77 almost 9 years ago
Wow! Uttar Pradesh is pretty metal!
louieglutz almost 9 years ago
nice to know your name and address have half-lives measured in nanoseconds…
Dean almost 9 years ago
I see from the Wiki entry that Seaborgium was named 5 years after my college chemistry book was published.