Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 05, 2012
July 04, 2012
July 06, 2012
Transcript:
The Saturn V rockets that carried the Apollo astronauts to the moon were made from more than 3 million parts! Do I look smarter? In 1903, Andrew Jackson Jr. of Munich, Tenn., USA- patented protective goggles for chickens- in an attempt to prevent the birds from packing at each other's eyes! 12-year-old Natosha Moraes de Andrade of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is 5 feet, 3 inches tall and her hair is 5 feet, 2 inches long!
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BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 12 years ago
I’ve wondered for a long time why it’s called a “Brazilian” wax. I have a couple of co-workers from Brazil and they have no idea why.
zoidknight almost 12 years ago
Bride of Frankenstein, Don King’s Afro
zipperg almost 12 years ago
@briatollahThey have no idea why they are your co-workers?
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 12 years ago
then there was KFC who simplified the solution to the problem of packing hapless chickens together for their entire lives by snipping off their beaks.
Joe Way Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Not quite right on the goggles—chickens pick at red—the color of blood—not eyes. The glasses had red lenses to filter out that color. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_eyeglasses
…nothing said about eye pecking there.
Yukoneric almost 12 years ago
Low bid was also why the Hubble failed. Kodak had included testing theirs for $10,000 more……………..
Puddleglum2 almost 12 years ago
The ones for turkeys could be called “Gobbler Goggles”!
Puddleglum2 almost 12 years ago
If the hair grows any longer, it will be hard for Natasha to ‘get over it’.
Puddleglum2 almost 12 years ago
At least the Saturn V Rockets did not come from ‘parts unknown’!
EmptyP almost 12 years ago
The girl cut off her hair and sold it for $4300 euros according to this:
http://www.laprensa.hn/Secciones-Principales/Honduras/Apertura/La-Rapunzel-humana-se-corta-su-larga-cabellera