Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 13, 2014
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Transcript:
Ripley's Believe It or Not! The labord's chameleon lives for only 16 weeks. The United States had 3 presidents in both 1841 and 1881. The ancient Egyptians believed that a toothache could be treated by rubbing a dead mouse on the tooth.
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Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
1841: Van Buren, Harrison (died in office one month after having caught pneumonia during his inauguration speech) & Tyler. 1881: Hayes, Garfield (assassinated after being in office six months) & Arthur.
bluegirl285 over 10 years ago
Was that another reason cats were worshipped in Egypt? Because they saved the trouble of trying to catch the toothache cures?
stlmaddog5 over 10 years ago
So the cure for a toothache was contracting bubonic plague?
linsonl over 10 years ago
I think I might rather have the toothache.
fgerbil46 over 10 years ago
Bubonic plague was carried by fleas on the RATS in medieval times in Europe. Those poor mice are innocent!
Petemejia77 over 10 years ago
For toothaches,I can see it being the dead rats from the film “Wrong Cops”
tuslog64 over 10 years ago
Probably because the victim just said the toothache was gone rather than have the mouse cure?But they were way ahead on using moldy bread on infections!
Squirrelchaser over 10 years ago
I’ve had toothaches bad enough that I would have been willing to try anything! Even a dead mouse.