Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 14, 2012
September 13, 2012
September 15, 2012
Transcript:
In 1940, Joe Perrin of San Antonio, Texas, built the walls of his home with thousands of discarded batteries cemented together like bricks. Emma Dumitrescu wore a bridal gown with a 1.85 mile long train in Bucharest, Romania, on March 20, 2012! Slowpoke! The Daimler Retwagen- the first gas powered motorcycle, was built in 1885 and had a top speed of 7 miles per hour!
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roscoedog55 almost 12 years ago
I was thinking flashlight batteries. More I look at the picture. Probably talking about drained car batteries. Probably still standing today.
Puddleglum2 almost 12 years ago
I suppose he got a charge out of building that house with batteries.
ransomdstone almost 12 years ago
Watch out for the lead.
daniel_bel almost 12 years ago
And the fumes
tuslog64 almost 12 years ago
Usually, long trains require an attendant every fifteen feet or so to lift it. Keeping the hundreds of attendants walking at the same speed would be the problem!(otherwise, it would make a good swifter sweeper)
tuslog64 almost 12 years ago
Someday, that house will have to be demolished – talk about a hazard site.Hmmmm – what would happen if the house were struck by lightning?
daniel_bel almost 12 years ago
boiling acid
Petemejia77 almost 12 years ago
Wonder if “American Pickers” ever came across that motorcycle.
Stephen Gilberg almost 12 years ago
The illustration shows a balloon, but the description doesn’t mention it. Maybe that part didn’t happen?
iced tea almost 12 years ago
That bridal gown train is longer than what the Royal brides wear! What’s the idea of it?
Max Starman Jones almost 12 years ago
When the power was out, everyone went to his house to watch TV. Oops, 1940 – to listen to the radio.
wjones almost 12 years ago
Yes They had TV’s in 1940.
tuslog64 almost 12 years ago
A few stations in big cities.1948 was designated Television Year as that was when TVs were being mass produced and the coast to coast network of microwave links were being built to service stations in smaller cities.(The first TV I saw was at the Chicago Railroad Fair in 1948.Wondered if I’d ever be able to own one)In 1953 we had a set on loan, but nearest stations were in St. Louis and Quad Cities – both too far for good reception.
jkhandy almost 12 years ago
Battery house? Not only a bad idea, but an extremely unhealthy one as well. Hello toxins and emfs.