Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 17, 2019

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 5 years ago

    The severed head thing from 1988: is that where Matt Groening got the idea in “Futurama”?

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    sousamannd  over 5 years ago

    Then why does ’sweating come with an odor? Explain, please.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 5 years ago

    I doubt very much if the person occupying that head would be very happy at all about the situation.

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    jasonsnakelover  over 5 years ago

    You keep saying you’ve got something for me, something you call love, but confess, you keep messing where you shouldn’t be messing, and now someone else is getting all your best, these boots are made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do, one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you, you keep lying when you oughta be truthin’, you keep losing when you oughta not bet, you keep samin’ when you oughta be changing, and what’s right is right, and you ain’t done right yet, these boots are made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do, one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.

    Can they surgically reattach the head and have a patient able to walk?

    Take care and may God bless.

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    aimlesscruzr  over 5 years ago

    So half a millennia ago, Europeans still had not found out about rubber and made their waders out of leather. Wow!! How exciting…. You guys dug deep for that one. I’ll bet tomorrow you’re going to have something about how a skeleton discovered in the mountains had a coat made out of leather….

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    Sassy's Mom  over 5 years ago

    Technically, they are right. Our body has two types of sweat glands: eccrine and apocrine. The eccrine glands, found all over the body) produce mostly salt water and are there for cooling purposes. The apocrine produce a more oily type of substance and are primarily found in armpits and the groin. It’s actually bacteria that create our odor. The chemical composition of the sweat mixed with our personal blend of bacteria is what gives us our own particular scent. The bacteria are particularly “fond” of the apocrine sweat, so that’s why much of our scent is concentrated in those areas (and why dogs sniff our groin). Broadly speaking, you’re smelling bacterial farts! The whole thing is a bit more complicated, but that’s it in a nutshell.

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    JanBic Premium Member over 5 years ago

    What is so unusual about the remains of a 16th century cavalryman being found by the Thames?

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    dv1093  over 5 years ago

    Attach my head to a 17 year old.

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    corpcasselbury  over 5 years ago

    I’ve seen two movies where a severed head was kept alive. In both cases, the results were tragic.

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    craigwestlake  over 5 years ago

    The remains of a fashion runway were recently discovered by the Thames River…

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    chain gang charlie  over 5 years ago

    Shows the state of Sanitary conditions back in Blimey back then. Kind of like Parliament this week….

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    dtegtmeier51  over 5 years ago

    Is that the patent that became ECMO/ECLS?

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