Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 11, 2014
Transcript:
The Great Wall of China now has a section on which visitors can draw graffiti. King Bela of Hungary died in 1603 when his wooden thrown collapsed on top of him. Hedgehogs enjoy eating creosote and discarded cigarettes- substances toxic to humans- and also rub them on their spines, possibly to protect them from parasites.
Templo S.U.D. about 10 years ago
When my brother left for China to do an English-teaching internship a few years back, he asked what I’d like for a souvenir. I pondered and came up with a Great Wall of China snow globe. He gets me one. As for Hungarian king, must’ve been very cheap wood or something that killed him.
Space_cat about 10 years ago
A ciggy is a substance? That’s over simplifying. It’s more like a compound substance with over 700 “in-greedy-ents”!
Grammar.Consulting about 10 years ago
According to the following site, Béla’s mortal monarchy malfunction occurred in 1063, not 1603: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/59031/Bela-I
greenearthman about 10 years ago
I grew up with goats, and though I don’t know about creosote, they love poison ivy and relish a good (non-filter) cigarette. No, they don’t smoke ’em. Hard to use a lighter without thumbs!
John W Kennedy Premium Member about 10 years ago
King Bela I died in 1063, not 1603.
sdjamieson Premium Member about 10 years ago
What did you learn today?
King Isabella was having a smoke by the Great Wall of China when someone killed him with a wooden hedgehog.
Petemejia77 about 10 years ago
Guess King Bela didn’t get any luck from knocking on that wood!
Petemejia77 about 10 years ago
Yawn! Get a blog!
Stephen Gilberg about 10 years ago
Assassin termites?
TheFinalSolution about 10 years ago
@ Bruno Zeigerts
No, he should be chastised for plagiarism. Although embellished from when I first heard it 50 years ago.