Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 26, 2018

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    maverick1usa  almost 7 years ago

    What a way to go – “Bacon Bombs”!

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    pearlsbs  almost 7 years ago

    Bohr had to flee to to Sweden in 1943 to escape arrest by the Nazis. I wonder if he was able to keep that deal after he returned.

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    h.v.greenman  almost 7 years ago

    Seeing that animal fats such as bacon grease were collected to render into glycerine for making explosives; and that a byproduct of that rendering would also recover the potassium nitrate aka saltpeter (used in curing the meat prior to the smoking process) both of which are used to create explosives. Bacon was probably also “used” to make artillery shells, hand grenades, and ammunition as well.

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    Casey Jones  almost 7 years ago

    Wow. Talk about beer on tap.

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    Saddenedby Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    imagine what you smelled like after making those bombs….. wonder if anybody still wanted a bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich for supper?

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    bookworm0812  almost 7 years ago

    What a waste of perfectly good bacon!

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    EdCampbell  almost 7 years ago

    Not exactly bacon bombs. Used cooking grease including bacon. lard, Crisco etc. was turned in to the war department. Cellulose was extracted to make explosives. In the UK, sewer gas was also used to make bombs.

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    EdCampbell  almost 7 years ago

    Not exactly bacon bombs. Used cooking grease including bacon. lard, Crisco etc. was turned in to the war department. Cellulose was extracted to make explosives. In the UK, sewer gas was also used to make bombs.

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    Dean  almost 7 years ago

    I thought that grease jar in the back of my parents fridge was used to prevent the plumbing from getting clogged!

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    viperfuel60  almost 7 years ago

    Is it just me or does Bohr look like Jerry Seinfeld

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    viperfuel60  almost 7 years ago

    Is it just me or does Bohr look like Jerry Seinfeld

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    Sneaker  almost 7 years ago
    The grease was also used to make soap.
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    Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    Hopefully Bohr didn’t become an alcoholic!

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    Leroy  almost 7 years ago

    1922—I guess they didn’t have employee-of-the-month parking spaces in those days.

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    Neo Stryder  almost 7 years ago

    That explains the love of USA for the bacon.

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    AmberHenderson  almost 6 years ago

    they mentioned the bacon part in another Ripley’s panel.

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