Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 04, 2014
July 03, 2014
July 05, 2014
Transcript:
In 1858, British politicians almost vacated the House of Parliament because the smell from the river Thames was so bad! A Kenyan athlete has one the men's 3000 meters Steeplechase in almost every Olympics Kenya has entered since gaining independence in 1963- 10 times in total! The mouth of a blue whale is so huge that it can hold an amount of water that ways as much as its entire body!
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Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
What did the River Thames back then smell like: sewer sludge?
juicebruce over 10 years ago
I remember a river that caught on fire here in the US back in the 60’s just do not remember what city it was in.
James Wolfenstein over 10 years ago
Poor guy. Is he still running?
Peam Premium Member over 10 years ago
With a nose like that he was probably worried about the rotten things much further afield, like in the state of Denmark.
Simon_Jester over 10 years ago
Who else saw this lil’ racist screed coming?
goweeder over 10 years ago
“A Kenyan con artist has won the last two United States presidential races.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As soon as you close a rathole, another rat shows up, eager to spout hate politics.
profdave over 10 years ago
Thames River stinks. Ew.
english.ann over 10 years ago
Let’s see if the Jamaicans can take over the Kenyans’ running status. They have emerged as among the fastest Olympic runners in the past eight years.