Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 07, 2014
September 06, 2014
September 08, 2014
Transcript:
See snakes can last for 6 months without drinking- they cannot drink seawater! Ostriches eat Pebbles to aid digestion and, in South Africa, they have been known to eat diamonds- they have sometimes been hunted for the contents of their stomachs! Gulp! Tea taxes in 18th century Europe led to merchants selling used teabags mixed with willow leaves, gunpowder, sawdust and even sheep dung.
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Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Willow leaf tea? Okay I guess, but I draw the line at gunpowder, sawdust and even sheep dung.
juicebruce over 9 years ago
New meaning to “This tastes like crap”
goanoparsi over 9 years ago
About the tea leaves, still happens in many parts of Asia even today!!!!
Stephen Gilberg over 9 years ago
Right up there with the fake parmesan from last week.
sdjamieson Premium Member over 9 years ago
What did you learn today?
Ostriches can go six months without drinking tea mixed with sheep dung.
english.ann over 9 years ago
Tea taxes resulting in real gunpowder as a tea ingredient? I had to go and review what “gunpowder tea” is, and it isn’t grown in Europe at all, but it is green tea from China, Taiwan and Sri Lanka. Gunpowder-shaped pellets for the tea, given peppermint or spearmint flavor in Morocco, an African country; no European input at all.