Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 24, 2016
May 23, 2016
May 25, 2016
Transcript:
In 1632, the weekly ration for patients in a Children's Hospital in Norwich, England, included two gallons of beer. Walt Disney would sometimes wash his hands 30 times an hour. Napoleon suffered from Ailurophobia- the fear of cats!
I was stationed in Scotland. A guy I was stationed with had a heart attack and was sent to a local hospital. He got a bottle or two of Guiness every day!
You couldn’t trust the water back in the day if you lived in a town, so “near beer” is what you drank as the alcohol killed the parasites. They had it on the Mayflower for the Pilgrims.
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
What was the drinking age back in 17th century England?
mischugenah over 8 years ago
‘Small beer’ or beer mixed with water, was normal fare for children, given that water alone wasn’t safe to drink.
lovelymajorhoople over 8 years ago
and uncle Walt still couldn’t wash his antisemitism away
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
Did Napoleon own a dog?
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 8 years ago
I was stationed in Scotland. A guy I was stationed with had a heart attack and was sent to a local hospital. He got a bottle or two of Guiness every day!
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 8 years ago
Famous cat lovers—Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, the Bronte sisters…Infamous cat haters—Djugashvili, Shickelgruber, Darnold Glump!!
bookworm0812 over 8 years ago
I know someone with that phobia..OCD much, Disney?
Dean over 8 years ago
And it kept the kids sleepy and restful.
Brown Leghorn over 8 years ago
In old Oxford College, beer was on the breakfast menu.
Kali39 over 8 years ago
As I recall, Napoleon was known to grab his gun the minute any cats showed up in his presence.
benbrilling over 8 years ago
What fools these mortals be! Disney washes his hands a dozen times an hour and yet smokes like a chimney (unfiltered cigs). (He died of cancer at 65.)
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 8 years ago
You couldn’t trust the water back in the day if you lived in a town, so “near beer” is what you drank as the alcohol killed the parasites. They had it on the Mayflower for the Pilgrims.
Angry Indeed Premium Member over 8 years ago
I guess the kiddies at the hospital were in good spirits?