Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 02, 2014
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Transcript:
During the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 the Loging Ottoman navy hurled oranges and lemons at Catholic soldiers when they ran out of weapons. The wasp hound is a device invented at the University of Georgia that contains parasitic wasps trained to detect illegal drugs and dead bodies. Tunnel Joe Holmes spent 20 months tunneling out of the Maryland State Penitentiary, successfully escaping in February 1951 but only lasting two weeks on the run.
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Templo S.U.D. about 10 years ago
Sounds like an interesting invention that wasp hound is.
Bittermelon of Truth about 10 years ago
The Ottomans must have thought dying of scurvy was a better fate than losing to Catholics.
goweeder about 10 years ago
I’ll bet he was in great shape when he was caught — tunneling is great exercise.
mackenzie0158 about 10 years ago
If the convicts in prison were smart they wouldn’t be there in the first place.