Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 17, 2013
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Transcript:
According to a recent UK study, it takes 30 phone calls, 37 emails or 163 text messages for couples to fall in love! The 11th century physician Ali Ibn Isa of Iraq recommended strapping a dead mole to the head to cure a headache! In the 1930s, American tank engineer J. Walter Christie experimented with winged tanks that would drop from an airplane!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 11 years ago
I’m sure Christie’s idea didn’t work so well.
Marc Poschman almost 11 years ago
Christie’s tank designs were rejected here, but bought by the Russians. They started improving them, then redesigned it to create the very successful T-34 that helped them whip the Nazis!
edclectic almost 11 years ago
“Fall not in love therefore; It will stick to your face.” – Deteriorata
stlmaddog5 almost 11 years ago
For me and my wife it just took one kiss. It’s been downhill ever since!
jack fairbanks almost 11 years ago
or three apple-tini’s and a good oral technique
corpcasselbury almost 11 years ago
My wife and I managed to fall in love without either e-mails or text messages. And we’re still going strong after 18 years together.
Marv Walker almost 11 years ago
(!.) How did they do it before electronics? (2.) Tanks don’t need wings to drop. (3.) Even dog doo smeared on the face will cure some headaches.
loner34 almost 11 years ago
The US has been flying tanks (in cargo planes) for many years.
Lamberger almost 11 years ago
A mole on the forehead to cure a headache? Couldn’t hurt. At least it was a non-invasive improvement on trephination.
Christie: That’s not a winged tank. And, anyway, are you sure that he didn’t mean Fuel tanks?
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr almost 11 years ago
Tanks share aerodynamic properties with bricks, but then so did the Space Shuttles and they still worked out to be a pretty good gliders.