Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 08, 2014
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Transcript:
In 1879, Benjamin B. Oppenheimer patented a fire escape parachute to flee a burning building! African Grey parrots are capable of learning 1000 word vocabularies! Don't even axe me! Sheldon Mipofu of Yorkshire, England, survived after swinging a pickax into his skull, just missing his brain!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 11 years ago
You’re remarkable, Mr. Mpofu! As for Mr. Oppenheimer, wouldn’t the parachute catch fire? As for the cartooned bird, only 989 words to go.
Marv Walker almost 11 years ago
Remember the dog who knew a thousand words from a few days ago? And I said, “So what, we have an African Grey who can say pretty much that many words.”Prouds been listening in on my comments like the Govment!
tototu almost 11 years ago
Sure he missed his brain? Sounds like something already is missing here,,,
jack fairbanks almost 11 years ago
must have had his head between his knees
Kerovan almost 11 years ago
A miner, tamping black powder into a hole once, had it explode. The explosion drove the tamping rod through his bottom jaw and out the top of his skull. He survived, despite the rod destroying part of his brain. The part that controlled his temper and ability to self censor his speech from all reports. Mpofu got off easy compared to that.
Charlie Fogwhistle almost 11 years ago
The first “skyscraper” was completed in Chicago in 1884, and was 138 feet high. In 1879, I’m not sure there was a straight sided building tall enough to allow the “fire escape” parachute to deploy.
Petemejia77 almost 11 years ago
Nice illustration of the Sheldon dude!
AmyGrantfan51774 almost 11 years ago
wow that parrot is brilliant, eh?!!!!!!!!!