Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 30, 2016
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If all the muscles in the human body worked at once, a person could lift 25 tons! Anglo-Irish journalist and aviator Lillian Bland built her own plane from trees, canvas, a whiskey bottle and an ear trumpet in 1910! Wawa In 2009, five West Chester, Pennsylvania, women completed a two-year quest to visit every Wawa convenience store in operation at the time- 596 locations!
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
Interesting time you had on your hands, Ms. Bland.
James Wolfenstein over 8 years ago
The thing about Lilian Bland is misguiding at least. She didn’t built it herself aloneShe didn’t use “trees”, she used woodShe didn’t use just a bottle and an ear trumpet
After the first trials as a glider, she got an engine from Avro. Because the gas tank was not fitted by the time the engine was, she used a whiskey bottle as a gas tank and the gas was poured into the engine though the ear trumpet.
joe piglet Premium Member over 8 years ago
“Honk Honk said little Wawa Honk Honk my gander goo”“Little Wawa was a wild goose from North Ontario” – Look up Stompin Tom if you need more lyrics
JohnoTeacher over 8 years ago
The amount of mass which could be lifted by the FORCE GENERATED by all the muscles would be 25 tons. A human still couldn’t lift anything like that much.
Max Starman Jones over 8 years ago
What? Can you speak up? Someone took my ear trumpet.
LV1951 over 8 years ago
Who’s she gonna call?
Stephen Gilberg over 8 years ago
So that’s how they built the pyramid with those 5,000-pound blocks.
joe piglet Premium Member over 8 years ago
From Muscle Facts – Soft SchoolIf all of the muscles in the body could all pull in one direction, it would create a force of 25 tons!
strodgers over 8 years ago
Never heard of wawa. Where are they?