Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 04, 2016
June 03, 2016
June 05, 2016
Transcript:
In 2011, media tycoon Rupert Murdoch was hit in the face with a pie while testifying before Parliament. In an attempt to suppress learning and Confucianism, the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) burned many scholars alive. Philip, Prince of Calabria was known to wear 16 pairs of gloves at a time!
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Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
So the Qin dynasty personally thought the scholars’ time was already done? (Where is Calabria anyway? That’s quite a collection of gloves for Philip though.)
sarazan7 over 8 years ago
Mike Royko quit the Chicago Sun-Times when Murdoch bought it saying he wouldn’t insult a dead fish by wrapping in one of his papers.
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
Was the guy hit in the face with a pie on purpose or mistakenly?
yangeldf over 8 years ago
so the anti-intellectual dynasty only lasted 14 years? What happened, they all got sick and there weren’t any doctors to treat them because they didn’t let anyone go to medical school?
benbrilling over 8 years ago
Well?? What flavor pie? This stupid ‘comic’ never includes the important details.
(I like ohm made pi.)
benbrilling over 8 years ago
I guess prince Philip must have had small hands.
paranormal over 8 years ago
Southern Italy is the same as Italy, isn’t it? Unlike South Houston is not the same as Houston.
JastMe over 8 years ago
FYI _ I didn’t see anything mean in it. I thought he was making a reference to Narnia.
mbraun over 8 years ago
Philip was mentally disabled, and putting on glove onto glove entertained him.