Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 09, 2014
August 08, 2014
August 10, 2014
Transcript:
The sandfish lizard is so named because it can swim through sand like a fish through water. Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield was drafted by the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, and MLB's San Diego Padres, which he joined after graduating college in 1973. The human brain has shrunk by 10% in the past 20,000 years!
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Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
According to his biography page on Wikipedia, Winfield was born on day of the “shot heard ’round the world” home run done by Bobby Thomson of the NY Giants.
cripplious over 10 years ago
It explains the need to make everything in life a political jab. The human race is slowly becoming morlocs
wmwiii Premium Member over 10 years ago
@Kali39It could also account for the popularity of Facebook and Twitter. Not to mention reality TV.
Sweetaddietude Premium Member over 10 years ago
Doesn’t surprise me the human brain is shrinking. Have you watched the news lately??
goalgo over 10 years ago
I’ll bet it shrinks another 20% in the next 10 years
NaturLvr over 10 years ago
Baseball would be the logical choice…no brain shrinkage involved. ;-)
loner34 over 10 years ago
My brain has shrunk 25% in the last 80 years.
tadchem over 10 years ago
My boss’s brain has shrunk at least that much in the last 10 years!
goweeder over 10 years ago
“To say nothing of Barack…….”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.It absolutely astounds me how easily small minds can twist ANY comic stripinto fertile grounds for a political forum.
louieglutz over 10 years ago
it’s all those vegans eschewing brain food.
ChessPirate over 10 years ago
I think many folks are about 80,000 years ahead of schedule…
MetalOverCountry about 10 years ago
More people believing zombies are real proves human brains have indeed shrunk.