Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 04, 2014
January 03, 2014
January 05, 2014
Transcript:
Glynn Wolfe (1908-1997) of California was married 29 times and had 19 children. His last marriage to Linda Wolfe was her 23rd! What a way to go! All male Agile Antechinus, an Australian marsupial, die after mating due to stress! In October 2013, Stig Severinsen from Denmark swam for 250 feet under ice 3 feet thick on a frozen lake in Greenland- with no wetsuit!
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stlmaddog5 over 10 years ago
According to Wikipedia Stig only swam 236 feet, not 250. But also: " In May 2012 Stig was awarded the record of “Longest time breath held voluntarily (male)” by Guinness World Records for holding his breath for 22 min."
Frogman_tg over 10 years ago
Glynn must have wet the bed or something. Is serialogamy a word?
Mneedle over 10 years ago
Hey Stig: Why?
Mostly Water Premium Member over 10 years ago
Glynn must have had a very good lawyer.
scrabblefiend over 10 years ago
If you think Stig’s swimming in a cold lake is great, read the book “Swimming to Antarctica”.
True memoir of a woman who swam in extremely cold waters, like those in the Antarctic Also swimming from Alaska to Siberia.
A short distance map-wise, but actually more than that, counting in the currents.
joe piglet Premium Member over 10 years ago
Holding your breath for a long period of time is possible. We were cautioned about it in SCUBA diving, not because of the expansion of the air when you rise, its because your body forgets how to breathe. Someone else needs to be there to get you started again, I can’t remember if it is a chop to the back of the head or something else. Pearl divers do the same thing.
paramour over 10 years ago
Re: the marsupial: Very interesting. A similar thing happens to human males.
Stephen Gilberg over 10 years ago
Something similar with octopi…
tadchem over 10 years ago
The female agile antechinus develops PMS immediately upon mating.