Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 17, 2016
Transcript:
The blue whale skeleton suspended from the ceiling of Massachusetts's New Bedford whaling Museum oozes oil- it was struck by a tanker in 1998! The rod at the top of the Empire State building takes about 100 strikes of lightning per year! Yoandri Hernandez Garrido of Baracoa, Cuba, is known as Twenty-Four because he has 12 fingers and 12 toes!
jpsomebody over 8 years ago
Why was a tanker in the museum?
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
How many times out of 100 has the Empire State Building been struck by lightning this year? The year 2016 is a little over half over. (What is Yoandri’s shoe size let alone his glove design?)
Old Texan75 over 8 years ago
If memory serves me correctly, there is a tribe of Indigenous People in South America who all have the 12 digits. I think this was noted in a Believe It or Not in the 1940s or ’50s.
therese_callahan2002 over 8 years ago
“Hey Little Twelvetoes, please come back!”
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
So King Kong could’ve ended a few minutes earlier.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 8 years ago
Sumerians had a 12 digit numbering system which is why today we still have a 12 hour time system. I wonder if they had 12 fingers and toes?
comixbomix over 8 years ago
So, do you have to put Yoandri down for the twelve-count?
wjones over 8 years ago
Here is an interesting believe it on not. In base 12 also called duodecimal 10 times 10 is still 100, but there are 120 digits between 0 and 100.
RonBerg13 Premium Member over 8 years ago
Hey!! I actually touched that whale skeleton!!Got in trouble for it (Thrown out).The skeleton did not feel oily though.