Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 10, 2016

What an oxymoron for Alice.

could that be because the patent act of 1790 was the same year poor Ben died??? ( he should have at least tried to patent that hat)

That’s nothing. Jim Fixx had a fatal heart attack when he went out for a run.

Actually the information on Dr. Chase is not verified. Wish Ripley’s would just stick with strange facts.

So, if you live to be 113 do you become a teenager again?

Is that 1 in 2 billion people or 1 in 2 billion 100 year old people?

There were no U.S. patents…until there was a U.S. The first was issued in 1790, a couple of months after Franklin died. It’s safe to assume his ‘inventing’ days were over by then.

The first US Patent was issued in July of 1790, three months after Franklin died.

At this time, only two people born in the 19th century are still with us.

So, your odds of winning Wednesday’s powerball lottery are ten times as great as your reaching 116.

Franklin discussed the matter of getting a patent in his autobiography, so I assume he could’ve gotten one under the British system. However, he wanted his inventions to be for the betterment of mankind, and never sought one.

And, they guy who started the whole “Jogging is Good for you” thing died of a Heart Attack while Jogging.