Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 29, 2016
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Transcript:
Petaloudes Valley, on the Greek island of Rhodes, is home to thousands of Jersey Tiger moths that blanket the entire landscape annually. Vatican City is both a city and the world's smallest country- about the size of a golf course! Shi Liliang, a monk from the Shaolin Temple in Eastern Quanzhou City, China, can do a handstand while balancing on only one finger!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
Incredible, Shi Liliang.
Old Texan75 almost 9 years ago
There lot’s of homeless people in Vatican City. A devout Catholic I worked with got to go see the Pope. He said what he remembers most about Vatican City was that it smelled of stale urine and garlic.
comixbomix almost 9 years ago
ANY finger? Or just the one…?
Brown Leghorn almost 9 years ago
Jersey Drivers, that’s what they are!
Thehag almost 9 years ago
That’s some strong chi, Shi.
jfgecik almost 9 years ago
That’s “formerly.”
John W Kennedy Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Not everyone counts it, but there is another enclave in Rome that is even smaller—the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta. Population 1—the janitor (they rent out the upper floor of the building). All the other citizens live abroad.
(I know it sounds ridiculous, and, as I say, not everyone counts it, but it’s not a joke, and it’s not plain old loonies—there is a legitimate history going back to the middle ages.)
news_techren almost 9 years ago
How large is a golf course, in terms of football fields or Olympic swimming pools?