Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 11, 2013
February 10, 2013
February 12, 2013
Transcript:
Russian bank Sberbank issues a solid Gold credit card inlaid with diamonds and pearls, which costs $100,000! When bubblewrap was invented in 1957- it was sold as wallpaper! Rtew! Eewww!! Bokdrol Spoeg is a South African sport where competitors spit antelope dung as far as possible!
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Aussie Down Under almost 12 years ago
Spitting antelope dung is a sport? I would have thought it was a punishment or a psychiatric ward possibility once you were suitably psyched.
Aussie Down Under almost 12 years ago
Just think that you get to keep your old credit cards. Sure I would destroy mine when it expired. Melted down and taken to those people that buy old gold.
Templo S.U.D. almost 12 years ago
Bubble wrap as wall paper? That’s hard to believe.
juicebruce almost 12 years ago
Would love to see a Paul Harvey “Rest of the Story” on the dung spiting. How did they come up with it ?
linsonl almost 12 years ago
If I am ever in South Africa and have a mouth full of antelope dung, that is sure as hell what I will do with it!
aedra6 almost 12 years ago
From what I could learn, the bubble wrap was never actually sold as wallpaper, but was originally developed to be a three-dimensional wall-paper. The idea didn’t go over so hot but the developers realized it made great packaging material the rest is history.
wjones almost 12 years ago
Bubble was markteded as wallpaper. When that failed it was marketed it as greenhouse insulation. It was first used as packing by IBM. Now you know the story.
davahob almost 12 years ago
They started with elephant dung but it kept landing on their shoes.
Puddleglum2 almost 12 years ago
What’s dung is dung! You can’t change it now!
tuslog64 almost 12 years ago
As I recall, the spirit of the Russian Revolution was that everyone was supposed to be equal.Then, shouldn’t all have the gold card?
tuslog64 almost 12 years ago
What’s with the annoying pop-up? I have only a limited time on the internet and have to wade through that?Pop-ups were the reason I dropped watching Seattle PI.
tuslog64 almost 12 years ago
A similar story on Clippard. They used to make coils for radios. The machinery to wind coils worked best with small air cylinders. However, the big names in air cyclinders at the time only made large ones. So, they machined their own.When word got around, other companies asked them to make some for them.Eventually, they said to H—- with coils, we’ll make and sell miniature air cylinders!!!!
iced tea almost 12 years ago
Bubblewrap was once sold in toy stores for kids to sit and pop the bubbles. That’s fun to do!
AmyGrantfan51774 almost 12 years ago
spittng antelope dung????!!!!!!….ugh ick!!!!!!!!!!!..but that was interesting about bubble wrap first used as wallpaper before it was used as packing material
RetFor almost 12 years ago
who has to kiss the winner?
ghlavenka1 almost 12 years ago
Bubble wrap is actually used as wallpaper in the movie “Serenity” — look for it early on, in the medical lab where River Tam is being worked on.