Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 03, 2019

So the Tristan da Cunha islanders only pay their monthly bills once a year along with junk mail in the mix?

Tristan may be further away from any type of land; but if you don’t include other islands, Hawaii is much further.

So, Peter the great was a great torturer, eh..

What, they don’t have internet yet?

I thought piloerection meant… um.. er.. I’ll just shut up now.

That’s because all the other ships are female ;-)

Man, getting a whole year of bills at once must really be a bummer!

I’ll bet Peter didn’t worry about malpractice insurance.

Horrid inbreeding.

Did Pete’s subjects want their teeth worked on or was he just another royal weirdo?

“Is it safe?”

As I understand, Peter the Great’s practice of dentistry wasn’t always voluntary. That is, for his subjects.

I read a fascinating story (on-line for free) about a Missionary couple that lived there about a hundred years ago. A tough life on that island then to be sure!

And he kept right on practicing until one confessed where they hid his candy…

Tristan da Cunha may not have received a postal code until 2005, but according to this site they already had a post office. They started issuing stamps in 1952.

https://www.tristandc.com/postoffice.php

I thought it was Gilligan’s Island. Now we know how they got off that one time a year.

I’ll bet the telemarketers still bother them.

But does Amazon Prime deliver?

I had to take Viagra to get a piloerection