Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 22, 2016
Transcript:
Piranhas actually bark! Blink!!! Spike, the Labrador retriever mix who starred in the 1957 film bold Yeller, was purchased from a shelter for just $3. During the French Revolution, the human head was believed to remain conscious immediately after decapitation. So people led to the guillotine were told to blank for 30 seconds afterward!
jgarrott over 8 years ago
Actually, modern medicine tends to agree with the opinion about the longevity of a severed head.
Dobie Takahama over 8 years ago
Quite the… uh… gruesome illustration there.
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
Three bucks for one dog to make it a movie star? Wow. (As for the one German’s very lengthy name I pointed out yesterday, I cut/pasted it from Wikipedia.)
Space_cat over 8 years ago
$3 for dog from shelter3 Cents for a bulletShooting a Disney movie about it, priceless..
Max Starman Jones over 8 years ago
Maybe if they had spent a little more money, they could have got a dog without rabies. (oops, did I do a spoiler?)
comixbomix over 8 years ago
And if they refused to blink, they were immediately beheaded AGAIN! Believe it or don’t…
Jogger2 over 8 years ago
The original Benji was also a shelter dog.
LV1951 over 8 years ago
It’s bite is worse than it’s bark!
Brown Leghorn over 8 years ago
Mutts are a lot smarter than pure breds and mostly more gentle!
CeeJay over 8 years ago
Rin-Tin-Tin was brought back from the battlefields of Europe after World War One.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 8 years ago
I defy you to be hit in the back of the neck with an almost ninety pound weight and be conscious enough to blink.
Eugeno over 8 years ago
It’s been said that, in order to achieve more ‘desirable’ characteristics in the cocker spaniel breed, they “bred the brains out of it”.
english.ann over 8 years ago
I had heard that the heart continues beating for 30 minutes after a beheading.
english.ann over 8 years ago
Back in the mid 1970s, a puppy could be purchased from our Humane Society for $11.
Tarredandfeathered over 8 years ago
Of course, back in 1957, $3 would buy a Lot more.As much as $25 will buy now..Doesn’t that make you feel better?{Grin}