Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 09, 2016
Transcript:
Forty percent of twins speak to one another in an invented language, a phenomenon known as Idioglossia. Honored by a Monument in Cavendish, Vermont, construction worker Phineas Gage survived a 3.5 foot long rod lodged into his skull in 1848! And ant always falls over on its right side when poisoned with an insecticide!
Space_cat over 8 years ago
And they always fall on their left sides after being poisoned by reality TV.
Dkram over 8 years ago
Phineas Gage had his personality changed after the accident, it is believed he lobotomized himself when the bar pasted through his head. (ouch).\\//_
Neo Stryder over 8 years ago
I always wondered what was that skull in the intro of the original “Believe it or Not” TV series (the one with Jack Palance), finally I know it.
markhughw over 8 years ago
Unless you spray it with your left hand
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
I’ve heard of Phineas Gage. It’s amazing he lived to tell the tale!
rbullfogg over 8 years ago
Right side huh! What if they are left handed, sided, or footed? LOL
Max Starman Jones over 8 years ago
“Always” is a word that should be used carefully. I even wonder about “often” being used here. Has someone really walked around with a can of insecticides and noted which way they fell? Was it paid for by a government grant?
tuslog1964 over 8 years ago
Re the 08 03 strip:I doubt that engineers delight in running over animals. Actually, they have derailed trains, re the Izmir Express (Turkey, 1964)(Hit a herd of sheep)In 1948, evening, rolling across Montana on the Oriental Limited: Suddenly a scream from the women’s restroom!Followed by women hastily exiting!And then the smell of skunk wafting through the car!(Ran over a skunk just as the toilet was flushed)
Stephen Gilberg over 8 years ago
“Missa missa missa may, chicka chicka chicka bay.”
Artie Adams over 8 years ago
For as little as an ant weighs, the aerosol breeze should have more of an effect on which way they fall than anything else
ekke over 8 years ago
OK, an ant does. What about all the others?