Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 22, 2018

How much damage did that NZ wave cause last month anyway?

High flying scavengers..

So who was the brave soul with the tape measure that said yep, 78 feet exactly, just before it crushed him & washed him away?

Why would a vulture even want to fly so far above the tree line?

Vulture: Now that I’ve reached cruising altitude, let the in flight entertainment begin. Snacks and drinks will be served shortly.

“Eight story”? Once upon a time……….or did you mean storey?

How did they measure the wave with such precision?

Politicians soar in the upper atmosphere? If that don’t beat all.

As a mathematician, I wish the answer to how wave height is measured would be trigonometry. But it seems to be done with buoys. However, Buzzy Trent, a big wave surfer, once said that, “…waves are not measured in feet and inches, but in increments of fear”.

I quit giving blood because of scar tissue caused by the large needles they used to collect the blood.

Well, that would explain why the peak of Everest is not littered with dead bodies.

The people on the 9th floor of the Hilton were dry.

Two questions. Why did such a large wave hitting New Zealand not make the news? And two, how could 1000 pints of blood save 2.4 million people? It just doesn’t add up.

SURF’S UP!!!! SCARY!!!!!

Now I’m all wistful. I used to give blood regularly (O+ is in high demand) and platelets at times, but after two false positives for syphilis, I can never donate again.

I thought I was doing well at over 100 units. Got a ways to go.