Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 30, 2011
November 29, 2011
December 01, 2011
Transcript:
Plop Fly Nick Hundley of the San Diego Padres baseball team hit a foul ball into the stands during a June 21, 2011, game- and a fan caught the ball in a cup of beer! Oceans make up more than 2/3 of the Earth's surface, but water is less than 0.1% of the Earth's total mass! Countries fighting along the heavily entrenched Western front during World War I secretly employed professional miners to dig elaborate tunnel networks to undermine enemy fortifications!
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Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
…the old ball in the beer trick!
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
Don’t ‘bawl’ over bashed beer (to paraphrase the old saying)!
runar over 12 years ago
Using miners in battle is an old, old technique. They were called sappers and their job was to dig tunnels to undermine enemy fortifications like castle or city walls.
iced tea over 12 years ago
That’s better than the ball hitting someone in the mouth or temple area. I heard of that happening.
tadchem over 12 years ago
The Assyrians used sappers in the 7th century BCE.