Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 19, 2013
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! ...Ah, who needs him! Female guppy fish can become fertilized up to 10 months after their male partner has died! In medieval times, Europe criminals were tried by carrying a red hot iron for a distance - if after 3 days their wounds were not infected, they were innocent! Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza, 481 feet high, was the tallest building on Earth for almost 4,000 years until Lincoln Cathedral was built in England in 1311.
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Aussie Down Under over 11 years ago
Medieval criminals were always guilty.
suzleigh over 11 years ago
Sounds like our politicians… if they aren’t caught, impeached, or convicted, they must be innocent.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 11 years ago
when in a crisis, always go with the guy with the hot hands
jack fairbanks over 11 years ago
at which point their offspring are born geriatric
Dkram over 11 years ago
The picture of the medieval criminal kinda looks like Marty Feldman in “Young Frankenstien”.\\//_
Vermont Premium Member over 11 years ago
“Europe criminals”?
tuslog64 over 11 years ago
Is Lincoln Cathedral still standing? It would be 700 years old now.
charliefarmrhere over 11 years ago
Caught “red” handed & ended up “burnt” handed!
GeorgeJohnson over 11 years ago
Actually, some of those old “innocent/guilty” tests worked.Like the one about licking a red hot fire poker. If you were guilty, your tongue was probably dry, and you’d get burned. if innocent, your tongue would be normally wet, and not a problem (well, not much).Ditto the african test of dipping your hand in boiling oil. I suspect this is similar to that one.Most of the time though, most criminals confessed to the crime before having to even go through the test.There are some things your body just can’t control, like dilating the pupils. That’s where the “wet/dry tongue” comes in.So it sound barbaric, but in general, they actually worked pretty well.