Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 23, 2013
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Transcript:
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Barbaturex Morrisoni, a 6-foot-long lizard that roamed Asia 40 millin years ago, was recently names after the lead singer of The Doors, Jim Morrison, whose nickname was "The Lizard King". Ivan The Terrible (1530-1584), the tsar of Russia who ordered the deaths of thousands of people and murdered his son and heir, was a talented poet and composer of religious music! The Hollywood sign, which originally read "Hollywoodland," was erected in 1923 to advertise a new housing development and designed to only last a year and a half!
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roscoedog55 over 10 years ago
I was a teen in the 60’s and I don’t remember Jim Morrison being called The Lizard King.
jack fairbanks over 10 years ago
tyrants had to be so versatile back then. if alive today, ivan would certainly razz putin
Marv Walker over 10 years ago
Can anyone show me where the word “teen” was used to describe young people before Pat Boone’s “Twixt 12 & 20?”
linsonl over 10 years ago
Doesn’t “Ivan the Terrible” translate to “Big Bad John”?
cb795 over 10 years ago
Mass murders, poetry and religious music… seems a likely trio to me.
Stephen Gilberg over 10 years ago
We should name a lizard species after the Phish song “Wilson.”
Ulo over 10 years ago
Ah the good old days. They built something to last for 1.5 years and it’s lasted 90. Today they build something for 5 years and you’re lucky if it lasts 1.
tuslog64 over 10 years ago
Developers do that – put up impressive arches, etc and once they sell the properties, could care less!
AmyGrantfan51774 over 10 years ago
I didn’t know Ivan the Terrible composed religious music as Arte Johnson would say verrrryyyyy innnntteerrreesssttiiinngggggg!!!!!!!!!…so he wasn’t very terrible if he composed religious music, eh?!!!!!…I know about the Hollywood sign being used to advertise a housing development that’s an icon, eh??!!!!