Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 23, 2015
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Transcript:
Li Yanzhi of China's Shaanxi Province has memorized all 220,000 entries in the Oxford English-Chinese dictionary! Acrobatic arachnid! Native to Morocco, the Cebrenus Rechenbergi nicknamed the flic-flac spider escapes danger in a wheel like motion across the desert. Buggy muncher! Alabama university student Camren Brantley-Rios ate insect laced meals three times a day for 30 days!
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johnt204 over 9 years ago
“…insect-laced meals… for 30 days.”
And? What happened?
hankgillette over 9 years ago
I’ve got news for you. We all eat insect-laced meals every day, not to mention rat droppings-laced meals.
hankgillette over 9 years ago
So memorizing a dictionary has got to be one of the most pointless achievements that anyone could do.
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Can Carmen even eat a flic-flac spider (though it’s really an arachnid) on the move? As for Yanzhi memorizing that Chinese dictionary, what was his or her reading speed of words per minute?
Rob Rex over 9 years ago
Yanzhi should make an excellent translator with that knowledge.
Jogger2 over 9 years ago
There is a mistake in the item about the spider. Its means of escape is more impressive than cartwheeling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebrennus_rechenbergi#Behavior
cdnalor over 9 years ago
Insect-laced meals? That’s why I don’t like to eat outside.
Old Texan75 over 9 years ago
I wonder who fact checks or edits Ripley’s. I have noticed several errors lately.Follow Jogger2’s link for some great video.
Renaythew over 9 years ago
Looks like it’s actually AUBURN University.
tuslog64 over 9 years ago
And one of my boys was impressed that a friend of his had memorized all the words to“Grandma got run over by a reindeer!”
Tarredandfeathered over 9 years ago
No, he meant a University IN Alabama.