Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 24, 2015
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Transcript:
Lucy Hayes (1831-1889), wife of President Rutherford Hayes owned the first Siamese cat in the United States. Nitroglycerin, the main ingredient in dynamite, has been used as a drug to treat chest pain since the 19th century. The traditional Hverabrauth bread of Iceland is baked by burying it in soil near hot springs.
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Tars Tarkas over 9 years ago
N o commentsanywhere tonight????
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
A flour bed if you ask me about that Icelandic hot springs bread.
i_am_the_jam over 9 years ago
Feh. Burying food to let it cook has been done here in Mexico long before Columbus.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 9 years ago
I don’t know about that cat, Mrs. Hayes.Looks like you didn’t get the pick of the litter.ACK! Blech!
upanddown17 over 9 years ago
Lucy Hays was nicknamed Lemonade Lucy, because she and President Hayes were tea totalers, and as hostess served non alcoholic drinks.
corpcasselbury over 9 years ago
Nitrog;ycerin really works in relieving chest pain, and it comes in many forms: pills (dissolved under the tongue), oral spray (also under the tongue), and gel patches (absorbed through the skin). The only down side is that nitro gives you a headache, but that is a small price to pay.
Stephen Gilberg over 9 years ago
The Maori do the spring thing too, albeit without burial.
I met a man who took nitro pills following a silent heart attack.