Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 17, 2014
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Transcript:
Swordfish heat up their eyeballs in order to better track their fast-moving prey in cold water. Queen Elizabeth I owned more than 80 red wigs- a bout of smallpox left her with hair loss at the age of 29. The cosmetics company Avon is named after William Shakespeare's place of birth, Stratford-Upon-Avon it began by selling books door to door and originally gave the perfume away for free.
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Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
I’ve been to Stratford-upon-Avon. Bought a Shakespeare keychain and a pocket book of his sonnets (not sure if a bottle of perfume would get past airport security and U.S. customs when as carry-on).
Simon_Jester over 9 years ago
That’s not a swordfish, it’s a marlin
JAMES09 over 9 years ago
That IS a swordfish…look at the underside.the fins are folded close to the body, but they are there.
A Marlin does not have fins like that.
corpcasselbury over 9 years ago
Elizabeth the First also used lead based makeup her entire life, though I’m reasonably sure she didn’t get it from Avon.
news_techren over 9 years ago
Avon gave away perfume? That can’t be true, it’s not in Wikipedia. :)
Petemejia77 over 9 years ago
Almost as many wigs as John Travolta!