Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 23, 2023

Dr. Kellogg believed food should be as bland as possible, food that had strong taste stimulated sexual desire and sexual desire was a bad thing in his beliefs.

The shower inspiration is true. I often wondered why the R and D department didn’t require showers at work….

That was the Chinese Hi-Yaaaaaaaaaaaa! shop.

Is that what the Taco Bell commercials are talking about???

What do mountain climbers do “when nature calls” while climbing? And when other climbers are right below them?

What do they sell the climbers? Pitons? Safety lines? Insurance?

I wonder how many climers stop at that shop!

When people have time to actually think instead of looking at a screen they often come up with good ideas.

I get some good ideas in the shower. But I’ll forget them by the time I’ve dried off.

I would agree with the showers. I suspect that it is because while showering you just let you mind wonder which lets you see the answers that your rational mind was blocking.

The only real problem with this, which I frequently have, is letting the mind wonder so far that you end up running late.

This strip should move to Sundays only. I’ve heard more interesting facts from my local high school cafeteria.

Agatha Christie used to say she got the ideas for her novels in the bathtub.

Or just the commode in general….seems like that room is really conducive to thought…..

Right on the inspirational source of waterwork!!

Does that store sell parachutes?

How would you like to be the “stock boy” for that cliff side shop? How far is the shop from the top?

Some company must make steamed peanut butter, somewhere

John Kellog was a religious nutbar. He believed that things that make you feel good or happy must be inherently bad for you, so he developed a series of nutritious, but BLAND foods like Corn Flakes, Graham Crackers, and he probably did the steamed rather than roasted peanut thing because steaming food makes it have a weaker flavor. He also popularized doing very unpleasant things to babies that I can’t get into detail here because of the rules of this forum.