Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 26, 2014
May 25, 2014
May 27, 2014
Transcript:
What do Pope Pius XI, President Theodore Roosevelt, and the Flash Gordon actor Brian Blast have in common? They have all climbed Mont Blanc in the Alps. One year on Uranus would last 30,685 Earth days, or 84 Earth years! 18th-century European ladies wore flea traps filled with blood or honey, designed to trap any fleas living on their bodies.
More From Ripley's Believe It or Not
Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
But how many lightyears between Earth and Uranus is it?
hill2209 over 10 years ago
My momma told me to avoid dating girls who had fleas. I was inclined to listen.
ceylondiver over 10 years ago
“‘Flash Gordon’ actor Brian Blessed”…? So all his stage work and great roles in film adaptations of Shakespeare and Euripides, not to mention “I Claudius,” count for nothing? Appear in one cheesy ‘80s flop and you’re marked for life? Thanks, Ripley…
spaced man spliff over 10 years ago
Ur-AYN-us. or UR-a-nus.
Simon_Jester over 10 years ago
Did they eat the fleas after they caught them? ( See Saturday’s Believe It Or Not. )
IQTech61 over 10 years ago
For the average male, one year on Uranus would take about thirty minutes (ba dump ching)