Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 31, 2021

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 4 years ago

    No, really, where are the other sides of a pyramid? Four façades and the base make five.

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    monkeysky  almost 4 years ago

    Wait, hold on. How does the pyramid have 8 sides?

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    pearlsbs  almost 4 years ago

    Great Pyramid Of Giza: Why Does It Have 8 Sides? Not 4?

    https://hiddenincatours.com/great-pyramid-of-giza-why-does-it-have-8-sides-not-4/

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    Dean  almost 4 years ago

    Thankfully the liar king has finally been disposed.

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    UmmeMoosa  almost 4 years ago

    I have read that the lion king was inspired from ‘Kimba, The white lion’ a Japanese cartoon series, in-which in Japan was called, ‘ The jungle emperor, ,,,(Kimba/Simba), ,, The producers of the lion king have said they used to watch ‘Kimba, the white lion’ in the 60s, I used to watch it too, As a child, I thought Kimba was the most adorable thing.

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    How the heck did they find these relatives? Did they do a DNA test on everyone in Austria?

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    Bruce Pifer Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    The Lion King and Hamlet have similar stories

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    UmmeMoosa  almost 4 years ago

    Also I’m confused RBIOT, where do lions live, if not in jungle, Beside the zoo of course?

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    jmcenanly  almost 4 years ago

    According to 23&Me, I am a distant descendant of Otzi, on my mother’s side.

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    Nighthawks Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    like my ancestors, I have spikes on my upper lip

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    markhughw  almost 4 years ago

    Each of the pyramid’s four sides are evenly split from base to tip by very subtle concave indentations. That should be in the comic.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  almost 4 years ago

    For those of you who do not know the difference between Austria and Australia, Australia is the one with the L.

    Take care, may Perth paint chip chart waxer Hmon Ming Kangord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    6th Billiard Ball Student  almost 4 years ago

    The King Cobra has the best golf ethics. Where’s the 4 Platters virus going now… back to occupied China?

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    purple.mug Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Get back to that geometry class! To start with, what does excluding the base even mean? The count of eight necessarily involves the four which surround the base. In any event they are, in 3D space, called “edges”. Only in 2D would they be rightly called “sides”. And finally this is true of all pyramids with a square (or rectangular) base. There is nothing unusual or special about the Great Pyramid in this respect so why is it the subject of a “Believe It or Not”?

    For future reference, all pyramids with an n-sided base have n + 1 vertices, n + 1 faces, and 2n edges. So (including the base and, of course, ignoring the basic stepped structure of the faces) the Great Pyramid (and every other similar pyramid) has 5 vertices, 5 faces, and 8 EDGES.

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    WCraft Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Well, I’m certainly glad to hear that they are being correct in their rendition of Lion King and not just making stuff up!

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    Walter Kocker  almost 4 years ago

    ♪"In the jungle – the mighty jungle – the lion sleeps tonight."♫

    Uh uh

    Lions sleep during the day and in the savannas, not the jungle.

    Nice song, though.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlByoPdG6c

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    Buckeye67  almost 4 years ago

    Only 19 descendants after 5,300 years, he must not have had a very active sex life.

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    Teto85 Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    8 EDGES and 4 SIDES. Someone needs to repeat 8th grade Geometry.

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    Craig Westlake  almost 4 years ago

    Now we know why Emei are not known to be great kissers…

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    spaced man spliff  almost 4 years ago

    Lions live in Detroit.

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    PuppyPapa  almost 4 years ago

    The linked article also states that the concavity is so slight it wasn’t even noticed until the 20th century when it viewed from an airplane. I really don’t think that qualifies as 8 sides, although it is indeed an interesting feature.

    Further, the original construction had those sides covered with casing stones, which likely were perfectly even, so it doesn’t really make sense to speak of eight sides when this would have been an interior hidden feature. If that’s how you’re going to count, better count all the sides of all the tunnels and chambers as well.

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    RandomLantern445  almost 4 years ago

    Ötzi also has the world record for oldest known tattoos with about 60 tattoos on his body.

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    Sassy's Mom  almost 4 years ago

    That’s interesting about Otzi!

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    pbr50138  almost 4 years ago

    Eight sides??? I only see 4.

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