Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 09, 2013
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January 10, 2013
Transcript:
In World War I, the German army used pigeons fitted with cameras for aerial surveillance! The McDonald's restaurant at the London 2012 Olympic Park, the largest in the world, was only open for six weeks! When he is running at full speed, the feet of Jamaican record-breaking sprinter Usain Bolt hit the ground with more than 900 pounds of force!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 12 years ago
So what is the Olympic London Micky D’s now?
el8 almost 12 years ago
If we’d been fortunate it would be the same for ALL McDon’ts.
James Hopkins almost 12 years ago
I wonder how they measure Usain Bolt’s amount of force?
EMT almost 12 years ago
That’s nothing about the pigeons. We tried to have missiles in WWII that were guided by a group of pigeons each.
Puddleglum2 almost 12 years ago
Bolt can really ‘pound’ the pavement.
Eric Provencher almost 12 years ago
Automatic cameras light enough for a pigeon between 1914-1918?!?!?! Highly unlikely
Dragon0131 almost 12 years ago
The pigeon cameras existed. Never underestimate the German mind. And never underestimate what a scientist, engineer or any other tech minded person can come up with.
tuslog64 almost 12 years ago
Maybe one frame out of 100 had military value?
Bob. almost 12 years ago
That’s all it takes.
AmyGrantfan51774 almost 12 years ago
I like Usain Bolt he a good guy a great runner an interesting fella right?