Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 22, 2014
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In 2011, 80 whale skeletons were found in Chile's Atacama Desert- the driest place on earth! Oops! Radioactive bath salts were sold in the United States in the 1920s, and they were said to ease nervousness and aches. Bulls do not react aggressively to read matador capes. The animals are colorblind- they respond to the cape's movements.
Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
Eighty whale skeletons in Chile?! Makes me wonder how many elephant skeletons there were in the elephant graveyard in “The Lion King.”
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 10 years ago
On Antiques Roadshow I saw a water crock made of clay mixed with radium. Slogans lettered on the crock touted the many healthful benefits of drinking radioactive water.
Jogger2 over 10 years ago
I heard that one about the bulls back in the 1960s, when I was in what today would have been middle school.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 10 years ago
I recall reading of dentures infused with radium to make them extra bright.
Captain Colorado over 10 years ago
At one time that desert wasn’t dry. Consider this the effect of the world-wind flood of Noah.
Weakstream over 10 years ago
Noahs flood was when the Black sea filled.
Dkram over 10 years ago
There was a Whale Skeleton found in the Green Mountains of Vermont..\\//_
arroyogrande Premium Member over 10 years ago
Bulls also react to having swords stuck in their backs to cause pain and aggravation. Humans are the real beasts.
Lamberger over 10 years ago
Obviously a product of Global Warming.
Lamberger over 10 years ago
“Bulls (…) respond to the cape’s movements.”
And sometimes that of the matadors.
Bob. over 10 years ago
We find giant shark teeth and bones in central Florida.. I have a few shark teeth about four inches from base to point.
Thehag over 10 years ago
Doesn’t say how old the bones are or where in the Atacama they were found. It is a coastal desert. https://www.google.com/search?q=atacama+desert+coast&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=kS9-U46THMaSyASYlILwDg&ved=0CCgQsAQ&biw=1188&bih=559
tuslog64 over 10 years ago
And how about the whale skeletons found in the Sahara Desert?
MrBlowhard2u over 10 years ago
Back in the early fifties, I had a Lone Ranger Belt that was radium coated and glowed in the dark.
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 10 years ago
When they have the throwing, that should be running, of the bulls in La Paloma, my friends and I always shout “VIVA LOS TOROS!”
NO, we do NOT want any of the two-legged runners killed, just slightly injured!!
boldyuma over 10 years ago
I was on a trip to the beach at El Golfo de Santa Clara Sonora, Mexico back in 1968..Walked up a a cliff a long ways from the seashore to find the rib cage of a large whale ..The dune cliff was 20-30 feet high and at least 1000 feet from the seashore..Must have been one heck of a storm.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 10 years ago
One time, out deer hunting, I came across aquatic fossils on a mountaintop.