Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 25, 2020

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    monkeysky  over 3 years ago

    If you think that drawing of an owl is cute, try googling it to see photos of the real thing wrapped up in a blanket like a wise, angry baby.

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    Bilan  over 3 years ago

    Maybe the owl was trying to get to Mishka for their Swedish meatballs, but was weakened by the hot magnets holding the cables down.

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    meg_grif  over 3 years ago

    I’ve never found any Swedish meatballs in MY turkey… :) Merry Christmas, everyone.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    and popping a magnet into a freezer will strengthen its magnetism? as someone with some Danish heritage, do frikadeller also come from Turkey? (Merry Christmas, Ripley’s readers)

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    guy42  over 3 years ago

    Merry Christmas everyone.

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    Caldonia  over 3 years ago

    Did Swedish Vikings steal the recipe from Turkey?

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    whahoppened  over 3 years ago

    That very magnetic characteristic is used as temperature control for a soldering iron.

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    therese_callahan2002  over 3 years ago

    I know all about that owl. She flew down from Oneonta, where some old family friends live. An owl in a Christmas tree will make people forget the partridge in a pear tree. Merry Christmas!

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    UmmeMoosa  over 3 years ago

    Turkish kebab is famous in ME, Doner Kebab

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    markhughw  over 3 years ago

    I’m sure there were a few squirrels in that tree as well now living in Central Park, broadening the gene pool.

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    pengzoid Premium Member over 3 years ago

    A bird was in a tree, believe it or not!

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    Jeffin Premium Member over 3 years ago

    But where do turkey meatballs come from?

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    moeric9  over 3 years ago

    And turkey originated in Greece

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    cactusbob333  over 3 years ago

    A turkey has Swedish balls?

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    fgerbil46  over 3 years ago

    Does this mean Turkish Meatballs originated in Sweden?

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    poppacapsmokeblower  over 3 years ago

    Now I don’t know whether to travel to Sweden or Turkey for authentic meatballs. The ones here are bland and I wonder if that’s the way they should taste.

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    joeatwork212  over 3 years ago

    I made my sons a kitchen knife and paring knife for Christmas. The steel had to be heated in a forge before quenching in oil. The correct temperature is just over when the steel will no longer be attracted to a magnet. I don’t know who figured that out ( or why it does) but blacksmiths have been doing that for 100s of years.

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    dv1093  over 3 years ago

    The owl story (which, by the way was this year, 2020) was one of the best Christmas stories this year. It reminds me of Micky Mouse’s Christmas tree he cut down and brought home with Chip ’n Dale on board.

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    stamps  over 3 years ago

    And Turkish taffy was invented by an Austrian.

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    ncorgbl  over 3 years ago

    Upon release the owl took her name back to ‘Owlivia P’Owl’ and hired a lawyer suing the kidnappers for ‘probable clause’.

    Swedish Meatballs did not originate in Turkey.

    My magnetism increases when heated.

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    PammWhittaker  over 3 years ago

    Ripley’s researchers need to be more careful about fact-checking!

    https://www.sbs.com.au/news/fake-news-historian-denies-swedish-meatballs-originated-in-turkey

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    ekke  over 3 years ago

    Will the magnet heating reduce it’s strength permanently, or does it come back when cooled? I’m guessing permanently, but others might know.

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    Jogger2  over 3 years ago

    Why would I not believe that item about the owl? There were several news stories about it.

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    Jogger2  over 3 years ago

    Three years ago, a snowy owl was caught in a coffee roaster in Duluth, Minnesota. Fortunately, it was seen there and rescued before the day’s roasting began.

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    Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray  over 3 years ago

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    It worked only if you could get the fleas to eat one!

    You’re welcome !  My grade school edjacayshun continues to serve me. :-)

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    Space_cat  over 3 years ago

    So they’re Turkey meatballs then?

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    ex window inspector  over 3 years ago

    and Turkish Delight came from Sweden

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    dmagoon202ii  over 3 years ago

    The wild (and farm) turkey was named after the eastern Mediterranean’s “Turkey merchants” who traded in a similar bird, and before the Republic of Turkey was officially established.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    Oh yeah? Well Turkish towels originated in Sweden.

    Take care, may the kord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago

    And French Fries are probably from Belgium.

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    jon who tried to make a snowman  over 3 years ago

    so is all the ikea food i eat actually turkish food?

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