Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 10, 2012
September 09, 2012
September 11, 2012
Transcript:
First documented in 1962- Nodding disease still mysteriously infects children in Uganda, South Sudan, and Tanzania, causing them to fall ill by the thousands without any known cause! See you in a few hours! Before the Industrial Revolution change the way people scheduled their lives, folks would commonly sleep in two four hour session separated by a few hours of work or leisure! The fan man! 82-year-old M. Natarajan- a Hindu devotee from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, has spent every day of the past 52 years fanning the visitors of local temples to help keep them cool!
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suzleigh over 11 years ago
No comments yet?? Perhaps everyone is still asleep.
daniel_bel over 11 years ago
No comment needed.. Except that even post industrial neo-slaverism era, the Portuguese and Spanish still do short nights, and nap during the day. South of Italy too, in a lesser extent.The idea is to definitely not work during the hot hours of the early afternoon.
Fourcrows over 11 years ago
I’m lucky if I get 1 four hour session of sleep…
Puddleglum2 over 11 years ago
The Fan Man uses air conditioning to work out every day!
elysummers over 11 years ago
Hey, itz a living
iced tea over 11 years ago
Can’t they afford central air conditioners for those temples in India? I heard pioneers went to bed soon after the evening meal and were up just before dawn.
Logical Duck over 11 years ago
He’s their biggest fan!
tbritt99 over 11 years ago
Get a haircut. Get a real job.