Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 24, 2018

whatever reason was heart tissue grown on spinach?

You’re supposed to go for the jugular of the opposition.

So, telling her you’ll be done in a jiffy is worse than you thought.

Jiffy is a unit of time? Who says so? No dictionary that I can find! Given that the word dates from the 18th Century when it would have been impossible to even measure milliseconds such a usage seems both unlikely and undesirable.

The Malarchuk caption is somewhat misleading. I remember the incident well; it happened during a home game of the Buffalo Sabres, so technically, yes, it was in New York State, but as now there were two other NHL teams in the league at the time with New York in their names, the NYC-based Rangers and the Islanders from Long Island, neither of which were involved in this game (the Sabres’ visiting opponent that night was the St. Louis Blues).

I remember seeing that hockey incident in the paper. At least the one opponent wasn’t so competitive to just ignore him and keep on playing. In the news photo, they showed the opponent standing there shouting for help.

And that thing about a “jiffy” is BS. There’s nothing in the dictionary that says it’s an actual unit of time. It just says a short space of time, a moment.

My favorite one is furlongs per fortnight. (NASA does not accept this one)

If you want to read an extremely interesting account of Clint’s struggles after the accident check this out. https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/clint-malarchuk-bleeding-out

I’ve read the same thing about “a Jiffy” before in other sources. Well, not the same thing. They said it was “1/16th” of a second. I’m beginning to think it’s more one of those things that’s a debated urban myth.

It has multiple meanings in relation to time. Here’s the Wikipedia article – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiffy_(time)

Transforming a Spinach Leaf Into Beating Human Heart Tissue …Video for Beating heart on a spinach leaf

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4KS6NyFo3Y

Mar 30, 2017 – Uploaded by National GeographicWatch a spinach leaf that has been transformed into beating human heart tissue. Scientists used the plant …

A jiffy is how long it takes to change oil in your car.

Jiffy sounds like peanut butter to me!!

What did his opponent slice him WITH ?!? His skate or his stick- anyone know?

I’m glad the blood wasn’t colored correctly, nor in the correct quantity.