Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 17, 2014
August 16, 2014
August 18, 2014
Transcript:
Swordfish heat up their eyeballs in order to better track their fast-moving prey in cold water. Queen Elizabeth I owned more than 80 red wigs- a bout of smallpox left her with hair loss at the age of 29. The cosmetics company Avon is named after William Shakespeare's place of birth, Stratford-Upon-Avon it began by selling books door to door and originally gave the perfume away for free.
More From Ripley's Believe It or Not
Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
I’ve been to Stratford-upon-Avon. Bought a Shakespeare keychain and a pocket book of his sonnets (not sure if a bottle of perfume would get past airport security and U.S. customs when as carry-on).
Simon_Jester over 10 years ago
That’s not a swordfish, it’s a marlin
JAMES09 over 10 years ago
That IS a swordfish…look at the underside.the fins are folded close to the body, but they are there.
A Marlin does not have fins like that.
corpcasselbury over 10 years ago
Elizabeth the First also used lead based makeup her entire life, though I’m reasonably sure she didn’t get it from Avon.
news_techren over 10 years ago
Avon gave away perfume? That can’t be true, it’s not in Wikipedia. :)
Petemejia77 over 10 years ago
Almost as many wigs as John Travolta!