Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 01, 2014
February 28, 2014
March 02, 2014
Transcript:
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Pope Francis once worked as a nightclub bouncer. The Curtiss-Wright air car, an early hovercraft, was designed in 1959 as a family car. WHOOOOSSHH The macrotermes bellicosus queen termite can grow to over 4 inches in length, hundreds of times larger than the king, and lay 40,000 eggs per day!
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Cminuscomics&stories Premium Member about 10 years ago
I remember when there was going to be an air car in an Elkhart, Indiana parade, but it blew so much dirt in every direction that it was put back on the truck and sent back. It was like it went immediately from the drawing board, which by the way was still in the U.S., to the production…without testing.
tuslog64 about 10 years ago
With DNA research, maybe that egg laying gene can be transferred to chickens?
Eugeno about 10 years ago
Those termites are food for a lot of critters, from ants and birds to chimpanzees – good thing there’s lots of ’em.
jack fairbanks about 10 years ago
Wonder how high one mitre expect to bounce a night club