Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 03, 2020

One time I moved the city 11 feet.

Take care and may God bless.

how did a quartet of bees get into a Taiwanese’s eye socket in the first place?

On average the length of the day gradually increases by about 17 microseconds per year as the rotation of the Earth slows. This slowing is mainly due to tidal forces from the Moon as it orbits the Earth. It is possible that the Chilean earthquake did indeed temporarily shorten the length of the day. But about a month after the earthquake, the length of the day would have increased to beyond what it was before the earthquake.

I never knew there was a word for that. This will be useful.

Sort of a German variation of “beer goggles”….

Beelieve it or not!

SCHNAPSIDEE OF THE DAY: Hit yourself repeatedly on the head with a hammer because it feels wonderful when you stop.

Perhaps they eat too much chili in Chile.

Was her eye in the socket as well?

Just think of all that we could have gotten done in that 1.26 microseconds. The lost productivity must have run into the billions!

….is it pronounced “Schnapps Idea”?

Shortened just that day or permanently?

Someone who has a schnapsidee: “Hold my beer!”

It’s only schnapsidee when you drink schnapps. Otherwise, it’s biersidee.

That is similar to how the ladies at the bar all look so much prettier at closing time!

Sometimes German can be quite an easy language — schnapps, literally brandy (as any veteran Hogan’s Heroes viewer knows), but can broadly mean “liquor” and idee, which is almost the same as English’s idea. So — “Liquor idea.”

Ach, but it sounds so much better in the original German!

I believe there are many of victims due to Death by Schnapsidee.