Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 29, 2014

No DUIs in Sparta back then I reckon. There’s also Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales. Does the 60 tons count for a second coat? If not, that would take the 25 painters three years.

The stats on the Mackinaw bridge in Michigan are crazy also.

More details here (French):http://www.lemoniteur.fr/181-innovation-chantiers/article/actualite/604086-la-tour-eiffel-une-belle-brune-de-120-ans

In fact the complete article. Read carefully the last sentence:Painting will have to be pickled

because that have never been done.

The painting is done once every 7 years (since it was built).

>Brown paint:Eiffel Tower Brown Paint: it is a specially created paint. In fact, three flavors exists: the darker in lower stage, the lighter in the tops…

Why would bathing in wine test strength?

One in Wales is even longer.Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

The whole thing doesn’t even fit here. heh heh

Then there’s Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Massachusetts.

All those long city names sound like what my dog sounds like while lapping up water in her bowl(and the resulting stomach noises)

Most long town names are basically place descriptions of where they’re located in the native language; Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, for instance, means “St Mary’s church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the fierce whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave” in Welsh.

Internet is your friend there. Don’t be shy, come on…

didn’t know the Spartans bathed boys in wine to show their strength sorry about it being a day late but I skipped it yesterday