Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 16, 2016

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 9 years ago

    Mmmm… té de cucaracha. Methinks my own late mother wouldn’t like it; she was terrified of those buggers.

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    therese_callahan2002  almost 9 years ago

    Why do you think St. Augustine is the oldest American city?

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    James Wolfenstein  almost 9 years ago

    Florida was a territory???? I thought it was created by filling the ocean bottom after the institution of the USA… :PI don’t get it… California was a Spanish vireinato, other states were British colonies… Florida was a “territory”?

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    Space_cat  almost 9 years ago

    Good, they can have it back. Too many bat-crap crazy people down there!

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    Jogger2  almost 9 years ago

    http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/k/kate_campbell/joe_louis_furniture.html

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    Jogger2  almost 9 years ago

    The base that would become Florida was once part of Africa. North America and Africa collided. When they separated, North America came away with a little extra, Africa a little less.

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    Angry Indeed Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Perhaps this is where the nickname “water bug” originates from.

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    Stephen Gilberg  almost 9 years ago

    Did Joe Louis punch the meat too?

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    tadchem  almost 9 years ago

    A cocktail of cows’ blood and milk is a traditional beverage for the Maasai of Africa.

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