Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 02, 2024

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    Bilan  6 months ago

    The rain smell’s actual name is petrichor. Scientists say it’s a combination of ozone, petrichor and geosmin.

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    Freebyrd1  6 months ago

    I’ve always been able to smell rain coming. I love it.

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    Pickled Pete  6 months ago
    Since it started raining, all my wife has done is look sadly through the stupid window…

    If it gets any worse, I’ll have to let her in…

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    jonnytest  6 months ago

    I’m amazed. I’ve always thought that everybody could smell a rain storm coming.

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    SWCarter  6 months ago

    Was Julia living in the tree or on the tree? I sort of picture Keebler elves for “in.”

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    J. R. M.   6 months ago

    My wife and son both get headaches at the onset of rain. Might have something to do with low atmospheric pressure.

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    comixbomix  6 months ago

    Coincidentally, “54” works out to 2,024 in “sloth years”…

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    happyinvenice23  6 months ago

    This is true, I m 83 and have been able to do this for as long as I can remember.

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    sarahbowl1 Premium Member 6 months ago

    I can smell the rain after it’s here! And happy birthday, Jan!

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    kaycstamper  6 months ago

    From December 10, 1997, to December 18, 1999, Hill lived in a 1,000-year-old California redwood tree named Luna and drew media attention to the environmentally destructive logging actions of the Pacific Lumber Company (Palco) under its new owner, Maxxam Corp., controlled by Charles Hurwitz. (Read E.O.

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    TomPettit  6 months ago

    I can smell rain coming. I thought everyone can.

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    artegal  6 months ago

    Julia Hill appeared in an episode of Penn & Tell: B.S. She came across as a real wackadoo.

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    Guybrush Threepwood  6 months ago

    Scientists? Isn’t that super common? Everyone in my family can smell rain coming, I even had no idea there’s people who don’t.

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    Crandlemire  6 months ago

    In the realm where dreams weave and time gently bends,Can anyone smell tornadoes before the tempest descends?Once, I had three toes, an oddity so rare,In a world of magic, where wonders fill the air.

    Once, I was 55, with wisdom in my gaze,A sage of twilight, lost in life’s maze.Yet in another breath, a thousand years I’ve seen,Julia Hill, eternal, where truth and myths convene.

    Once, I was but three, a child of endless glee,In a garden of enchantment, where hearts roam free.Time’s fluid dance, a melody of the divine,In each fleeting moment, the eternal signs.

    May the Spirit be with you, as He walks with me,In this land of wonder, where souls wander free.Through the storms that whisper, and the age-old lore,We find our essence, on this mystical shore.

    The past and future merge, a tapestry so grand,Woven with magic, by an unseen hand.In the scent of tornadoes, in ages old and new,Lies the heart of magic, in me and in you.

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    Pykiff  6 months ago

    Interesting. Clever turn on the Symphony. And Jason.

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    tremaine53  6 months ago

    You’re not smelling the ‘rain’, you’re smelling the humidity.

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    Angry Indeed Premium Member 6 months ago

    In Jan’s case, sloth and steady wins the race!

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    ragsarooni  6 months ago

    So….since she came down OUTTA the tree has the company made up for lost time & the forest is no more,only a couple years later than their original projections?

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    Jefano Premium Member 6 months ago

    When I lived in a semi-arid climate, I could smell when it was going to rain. Since moving to a more humid climate, I can’t. I wonder what climate(s) other people who can smell when it’s going to rain live in.

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    ekke  6 months ago

    Psssst, Ripley! Look up “petrichor.”

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    weh99  6 months ago

    You are not funny. Just incredibly odd.

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    Will E. Makeit Premium Member 6 months ago

    whereas some scientists can’t even smell their own farts or bad breath…

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    MY DOG IS MY CO PILOT  6 months ago

    Today I learned that I am unusual for being able to smell rain coming. I thought everybody could do it.

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    JohnShirley1  6 months ago

    I can smell the rain coming.

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    bookworm0812  6 months ago

    Dang, that sloth is older than me!

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    LAFITZGERALD  6 months ago

    Yes, I’m one of those people who can detect the rain! I’ve done that since I was very little!

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    namelocdet  6 months ago

    I thought everyone could smell rain before it started.

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    comicalUser  6 months ago

    Really? Hmmm. I thought everyone could smell rain coming?

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    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  6 months ago

    Big Deal. The Philadelphia Zoo has a Galapagos Tortoisethat’s 90 [plus y ears old

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