Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 13, 2013
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Transcript:
Dolphin teeth have been used as currency in the Solomon Islands for centuries! Captain Kidd (1645-1701) one of history's most infamous pirates was not really a pirate but a privateer working for the British government. The last ever Quagga- a type of zebra with stripes only on its head and neck- died in Amsterdam in 1883.
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Templo S.U.D. over 11 years ago
So how many dolphin teeth make one U.S. dollar?
billb181 over 11 years ago
The highest paying job in the Solomon Islands is a Dolphin Dentist ! :)
Mneedle over 11 years ago
Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too lateThe cannons don’t thunderThere’s nothing to plunder.I’m an over 40 victim of fate.
jack fairbanks over 11 years ago
criminal/patriot? all depends on who wins
BroadwayBookworm over 11 years ago
A privateer is still a pirate, they just have a get-out-of-jail-free card from their government and have to pay them a certain percentage of what they pillage in return.
Puddleglum2 over 11 years ago
That zebra was just showing his true stripes.
Puddleglum2 over 11 years ago
That zebra is “a horse of another color”.
Puddleglum2 over 11 years ago
It’s news to me. I thought dolphin’s teeth were used for other porpoises.
Puddleglum2 over 11 years ago
@simpsonfan2,I like that kind of humor.He wasted the rest of his substance with riotous living.
tigerchik32 over 11 years ago
And as long as you only went after the country named in the permit.