Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 24, 2022

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    monkeysky  about 2 years ago

    I was hoping to give some explanation for the 6000 thoughts thing, but 1am is too late for me to really dig into this sort of article. For anyone interested, though:

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17255-9

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    therese_callahan2002  about 2 years ago

    I’ve been keraunophobic since I was a kid.

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    jmolay161  about 2 years ago

    Martin Van Buren had the bad fortune to follow a big populist President, Andrew Jackson, and then got blamed for the 1837 recession. Van Buren initiated the pre-Civil War cycle of mediocre, mostly weak, one-term Presidents that lasted until the Civil War. Are we currently in another cycle of mediocre, one-term Presidents?

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    bookworm0812  about 2 years ago

    My brother had that phobia as a kid. His fear was kind of extreme. I was afraid as a kid too, but not so much I’d hide under a pillow. I would just plug my ears.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  about 2 years ago

    “I had that same fear at work, and then I finally left.” ~ Gus McSniffle, Heinz Bean Factory Retiree

    Take care, may precision thought counter Margaret “There’s Another One There’s Another One There’s Another one There’s Another One” O’Blurryord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    oakie817  about 2 years ago

    i had 6002 thoughts yesterday

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    theincrediblebulk  about 2 years ago

    I don’t suffer from Keraunophobia, but in my case it would be a justified fear. I was watching tv as a kid when lightning struck the antenna and blew up the tv, Was opening a metal screen door as lightning struck near enough for me to get a shock from the door, and of course the tree struck by lightning that just missed falling on me when i was playing outside as a kid in a thunderstorm.

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    Teto85 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Martin Van Buren was the first person to serve as Vice-President, be elected President and lose when he ran for re-election. George HW Bush was the second.

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    Charlie Fogwhistle  about 2 years ago

    A few days ago RBION had a piece about the sound generated by a black hole. Here’s a link to a more complete story on that topic

    https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-recorded-the-sound-from-a-black-hole-and-its-super-eerie

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    WCraft Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Dogs don’t know what it is called but many certainly suffer from Keraunophobia!

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    Charlie Fogwhistle  about 2 years ago

    Mrs. Fogwhistle would like to comment that the BION quality of this feature has declined to the same level as the prizes offered in a box of Cracker Jacks. Once you got something tangible you could show your friends. Now?? Not so much.

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    Will E. Makeit Premium Member about 2 years ago

    here’s research thought #1…who is going to be dumb enough to pay for this study?

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    LrdSlvrhnd  about 2 years ago

    sings Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening…

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    sedrelwesley2 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    …so what was V B’s 1st language?

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    Charlie Fogwhistle  about 2 years ago

    So, at random, I will list a few of the 6000 thoughts people might experience in a day.

    My wife thought it would be fun if we each have a list of 3 people that would be OK to sleep with if given the chance.

    Her list: Paul Rudd, Adam Levine, and Channing Tatum

    My list: Her best friend Stephanie, that barista at our coffee shop, and my ex girlfriend.

    More to follow.

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    markhughw  about 2 years ago

    Van Buren is rated as one of our worst presidents.

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    markhughw  about 2 years ago

    As you might have expected, Dutch was his primary language.

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