Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 03, 2013

If it takes a long time to go up Mt. Everest, I wonder how long it took Monsieur Siffredi to go down it.

Lucky for William Forsyth that ASPCA wasn’t founded until 1866.

Yeah, really. But at least neither of them did win.

In 1938, Hitler was named Time magazine’s “Man of the Year”.

Just what I thought!

And Obama was given one. I see a pattern here.

only fitting considering mr nobel’s most famous invention

Obama received the Nobel for not being Republican.

natureboyfig4 I though I was the only one that saw that !

WWIII has been going now for at least 12 yrs may be longer.We call it the War on Terror..\\//_

@Big Bri—and Stalin was “Man of the Year” in 1939!

Perhaps the nominations were some people’s idea of a very sick joke?

Well, did not Obama actually WIN the Nobel peace prize??? It’s actually all a joke..

My, aren’t we sweet today…

“………..weakest leader in the world. His weakness is the reason for many of the increased tensions in the world.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Far as I’m concerned, intelligence – not weakness – means maybe avoiding World War III for a few years. Notice I said ‘avoiding’ not ‘preventing.’It’s a matter of when, not if.

Only headstrong, obstinate, uncompromising to the point of madness people believe that a willingness to compromise to a point for the sake of peace, prosperity and equality is a weakness.

I lost all respect for the Nobel Committee when they gave their prize to Yaser Arafat just because he had the common decency to stop killing Jews. Oh, and Al Gore won for PowerPoint presentation.

What was he trying to prove by sending animals over the falls?An interesting footnote to history:Laws regarding cruelty to animals were on the books beforethose regarding cruelty to children!

and the first court case involving cruelty to children,the children had to be classified as animals as laws regarding cruelty to children were not yet on the books!(Oh, well, some children do act like animals!)

While not a fan of Time Magazine, I remember them saying that “Man Of The Year” is selected by his impact in the news, and not because he is an credit to humanity.

AHA! The Nobel prized is rigged. Who would have ever guessed?

Really, stupid? How about Jimmy Carter? Do you hate that he got one??

How dare you even consider putting the Prez in the same category with those tyrants!

If that’s honest, I’m the Queen of Sheba

That’s the hope that lets me sleep at night

I have heard this too, that if he had died in ‘36 or ’37, he would be remembered in a completely different light. I can’t verify it, but I heard that in the mid ’1930s, a high school in New Jersey was named after Hitler. Of course they renamed it. (If that story is true to begin with.)