Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 13, 2015
August 12, 2015
August 14, 2015
Transcript:
Tombstones circle an ash tree in the yard of London's St. Pancras Old Church- move there by Thomas Hardy in 1865 to make way for the Midland Railway. To reach his goal of 5000 rides on the Jack Rabbit at Kennywood in West Mifflin, PA, Vic Kleman rode the roller coaster for eight hours, taking 95 rides on the coaster's 95th birthday! Chinchillas have fur so dense that over 50 hairs grow out of a single follicle. Humans only grow an average of two.
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Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
So how do you find your ancestor’s tombstone around that tree if it’s packed amongst the other stones?
cripplious almost 9 years ago
What happened to the residents who those stones belonged to?
therese_callahan2002 almost 9 years ago
That guy’s roller coaster rides are equal to all the times my late dad rode “It’s A Small World” at Disney World.
Old Texan75 almost 9 years ago
Get Bill Bryson’s “At Home: A short history of everything” for an account of English cemetaries. Gruesomely hilarious.Occasionally, the old bones were removed to mass pit graves to make room for more bodies.
francisrossi almost 9 years ago
Just think of it as his electrocution face instead.
Cordicfan almost 9 years ago
The Jack Rabbit Roller Coaster is a wooden coaster that features a double dip following the lift hill. It gives you more “air time.”
bookworm0812 almost 9 years ago
Nah, the Jack Rabbit’s more fun! But even more fun is the Phantom’s Revenge. Or for wooden ones, the Thunderbolt. Yes, I’ve been to Kennywood many a time!
spaced man spliff almost 9 years ago
Nothing beat the Cyclone Racer (demolished in 1968 to make way for the Queen Mary) at the Pike in Long Beach. The numerous ‘urban legends’ that it occasionally derailed made it even more exciting !!