Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 27, 1996
January 26, 1996
January 29, 1996
Transcript:
Ripley's Believe It Or Not! In Omiya, Japan, there is a Shinto "Head-Shrine" where residents who want to relieve headaches or improve their intelligence rub a sacred boulder with their hands then touch their heads! "The Slowest-Growing Tree" The Sitka spruce tree found on the Arctic treeline takes 98 years to grow 11 inches! Believe It or Not! In Southern California, turkey buzzards are used to detect gas leaks in pipelines!
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minecraftchamp33 over 3 years ago
I guess you wouldn’t want to touch that now! How do they detect leaks? Do they see it, or do they have a sixth sense? So if I planted a Sitka Spruce tree right now, I would have to wait 98 years for it to grow 11 inches? I would be 115 years old if I wanted to be able to see the tree grow 11 inches!