Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 26, 2018

What a way to go – “Bacon Bombs”!

Bohr had to flee to to Sweden in 1943 to escape arrest by the Nazis. I wonder if he was able to keep that deal after he returned.

Seeing that animal fats such as bacon grease were collected to render into glycerine for making explosives; and that a byproduct of that rendering would also recover the potassium nitrate aka saltpeter (used in curing the meat prior to the smoking process) both of which are used to create explosives. Bacon was probably also “used” to make artillery shells, hand grenades, and ammunition as well.

Does that mean the force of a tornado is 5 billion pounds?

Take care and God bless

Wow. Talk about beer on tap.

imagine what you smelled like after making those bombs….. wonder if anybody still wanted a bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich for supper?

What a waste of perfectly good bacon!

Not exactly bacon bombs. Used cooking grease including bacon. lard, Crisco etc. was turned in to the war department. Cellulose was extracted to make explosives. In the UK, sewer gas was also used to make bombs.

Not exactly bacon bombs. Used cooking grease including bacon. lard, Crisco etc. was turned in to the war department. Cellulose was extracted to make explosives. In the UK, sewer gas was also used to make bombs.

I thought that grease jar in the back of my parents fridge was used to prevent the plumbing from getting clogged!

Is it just me or does Bohr look like Jerry Seinfeld

Is it just me or does Bohr look like Jerry Seinfeld

The grease was also used to make soap.

Hopefully Bohr didn’t become an alcoholic!

1922—I guess they didn’t have employee-of-the-month parking spaces in those days.

That explains the love of USA for the bacon.

they mentioned the bacon part in another Ripley’s panel.