Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 17, 2017
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The Basilica of Our Lady of Immaculate Tears in Ponta Nossa, Italy, has a crocodile hanging from the ceiling- about 500 years old, it's the oldest piece of taxidermy in the world! The word denim comes from the name of the town where the fabric was originally produced- Nimes, France. China banned pigtails in 1911! They were seen as a symbol of feudalism.
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Templo S.U.D. almost 8 years ago
I get it with the fabric: “de Nîmes.”
therese_callahan2002 almost 8 years ago
A visit to that basilica is definitely not on my bucket list. Whose idea was it to put a dead croc there anyway?
comixbomix almost 8 years ago
How is a 500-year old crocodile older “taxidermy” than, say, an Egyptian pharaoh?
chromosome Premium Member almost 8 years ago
I wonder what else is hanging from the ceiling of that basilica?
ch.burns almost 8 years ago
The Chinese pigtail was not a symbol of feudalism, but of subservience to the Manchurians of the Ching Dynasty (1644-1912). For what it is worth, the Manchurians were essentially akin to the Mongols rather than the Chinese, and strove to avoid being assimilated.
johnnytiggs almost 8 years ago
Heyyy:( Pigtails look good on my hottie girlfriend:) Then she takes off her wig and she looks frightful:( It’s all good though I tell her she’s still beautiful:) Chinese saying: Close eyes or turn out the light you can’t tell pretty woman from ugly woman:) Another Chinese saying: Nobody ugly at 2 a.m. :-)
chain gang charlie almost 8 years ago
Correction please…As chain gang Charlie Chan would say….Ancient Egyptian Mummy precedes stale crocodile by many years….