Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 02, 2019

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 5 years ago

    213 meters is approximately 700 feet. (Why is Comic Sans still being used these days if Mr. Connare made it, disliked it, and used it once?)

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    JanBic Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Comic sans is clear and easy to read and also looks hand drawn. It was meant to be a comic book style and also used for chiildren’s printing. Comic Sans has been around for 25 years and you either love it or hate it.

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    J Short  over 5 years ago

    At Virginia Commonwealth College they used to have students design a box to see if it could protect an egg when dropped at increasing heights. My guess is, that the egg not breaking had something to do with some kind of similar contest; an egg by itself, 213 meters; I don’t believe it; unless it landed in powdery snow or some such thing.

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    joeatwork212  over 5 years ago

    If the egg is dropped unprotected, i.e., without padding, etc., such as in a school science project, then a greater distance wouldn’t make a difference as within 200 meters, it would have reached Terminal Velocity and couldn’t go any faster.

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    NoNameOntheBullet Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Are chickens really able to fly that high?

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    WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Seriously, I love Comic Sans – so easy to read! I’d type with it now if I could figure out how to convert my iPad keyboard!

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    craigwestlake  over 5 years ago

    The feat was made possible by leaving the egg in the chicken while dropping it…

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    wjones  over 5 years ago

    213 meters, I think not but I once dropped an egg off our table without it breaking.

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    Spock  over 5 years ago

    These technical words seem to fill the gap in ideas. There are zillions of them, they are mostly greek or latin simple words for the named fact, and I find them totally uninteresting. Please tell us instead what everyday words are in French, so we could learn something.

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    RonnieAThompson Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Comic Sans: https://www.google.com/search?q=comic+sans+font&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#imgdii=Azg6biZng4ydvM:&imgrc=BWyBePe-5qaUDM:

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    Totalloser Premium Member over 5 years ago

    I type all my email in Comic Sans I like it so much

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    Tossle Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Did the egg land in water pointy end first?

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