Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 29, 2021

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    As much as I’m of German descent who barely knows German, I sure would like to see my favorite German YouTuber Rewboss (well, he’s actually a Brit living in Germany for the past few decades) discuss the 1,200 COVID-related vocabulary.

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    Bilan  over 3 years ago

    If the snail has low friction, wouldn’t it just be swept away by any movement of the water?

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    Caldonia  over 3 years ago

    I guess they got bored in Germany. Why not pass the time in lockdown by coming up with a bunch of new words? Video games get old after awhile.

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    rickyvettester  over 3 years ago

    The turkey statue offends me tear it down.

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    BearsDown Premium Member over 3 years ago

    German, the Lego of languages.

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    oakie817  over 3 years ago

    and of those 1,200 new words - 4 were not swear words!

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    I knew Sandy Beaches in 8th grade. Heck of a gal.

    Take care, may pi enthusiast Phong Wangord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    Saddenedby Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I’ve seen the turkey(kinda looks like jb) – believe. I read about the snail – but wonder how it stops once it gets started – kinda believe. And if you’ve ever heard a German farmer cuss at a cow – I’m surprised they only came up with 1200 new words – not.

    There once was a cat who learned to play golf. He hacked up a lot of green.

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    aimlesscruzr  over 3 years ago

    Here’s the Google street view of Big Tom

    https://www.google.com/maps/@46.723027,-95.7102856,3a,75y,177.26h,87.81t/data=1e11shT5uoMQFVIbF60UO-QOQwg6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DhT5uoMQFVIbF60UO-QOQwg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D238.18802%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D1008i6656

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    comixbomix  over 3 years ago

    Please, just don’t tell us about the “stuffing”…

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    sandpiper  over 3 years ago

    Snails learned that ability from pols.

    I’m amazed that turkey statue has lasted past hunting season. It’s a turkey hunter’s dream come true.

    So long as the word bier is still good for a stein, most bierliebends won’t argue about the new additions.

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    Crandlemire  over 3 years ago

    Does anyone else here think it is bizarre that the Germans came up with 1,200 new word because of covid-19?

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    Camiyami Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Now I’m super curious to know what those new German words are! I speak German, so it would be very interesting to find out! :D

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    tremaine53  over 3 years ago

    Seems like all you have to do to get mentioned in Ripley’s is carve a 20 foot statue of a farm animal, and give it a ubiquitous nickname. It begs the question: Is it really SPECIAL to invest one’s time in carving large sculptures of animals, if either quirkiness or record-setting were the primary motive?!?

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    ncorgbl  over 3 years ago

    I strongly recommend not eating your breakfast bagel with cream cheese while reading about Moon Snails.

    None of those words could be said in prime time on public television.

    It is rumored the statue honors either a former governor or former senator.

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    dv1093  over 3 years ago

    Ripley’s Boring Or Not today.

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    poppacapsmokeblower  over 3 years ago

    How many feathers on a normal turkey? I remember pulling feathers off a Christmas goose and thinking they were multiplying.

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    6turtle9  over 3 years ago

    Turkey sculpture:

    tinyurl.com/vsd8axar

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    craigwestlake  over 3 years ago

    The Germans now have more than 1200 new curse words…

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    PuppyPapa  over 3 years ago

    I’d like to see an analysis of those 1200 “new” German words. German likes multicompound words a LOT, and a lot of German words translate better into other languages as multi-word phrases.

    Same thing with the bit about Eskimos having a hundred different words for snow. The local weatherman’s forecast of “Light flurries towards morning, growing heavier towards midday with increasing winds and possibility of drifts,” could be one of those “words”.

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    theincrediblebulk  over 3 years ago

    Uh why are the number of feathers on the statue estimated? Did the artist lose count while assembling the statue?

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    aussie399 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    And each word in the German language must have at least 23 characters

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