Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 06, 2011
September 05, 2011
September 07, 2011
Transcript:
Believe it or not! Members of ancient Celtic tribes often went into battle naked! At age 16 George Atkinson of London, England, had climbed the highest mountains on each of the seven continents! When the hives of Australia's Stingless bees are attacked by inviting hive beetles- the bees wrap their attackers and wax and mud until they're unable to move- mummifying them!
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SusanSunshine Premium Member about 13 years ago
Whoa — I may have just found the only genre of war movies I could bear to watch.
moe_the_cat about 13 years ago
@ Susan, could kind of give new meaning to the movie “Battle of the Bulge”.I think I’ll sit that one out ;)
suzleigh about 13 years ago
Must be nice to have the money to be a world traveler at 16.
FatTonyBalducci about 13 years ago
Talk about a sword fight
shel4 about 13 years ago
Some of the ancient Celts may have also ended up as stingless bees!
corpcasselbury about 13 years ago
The Celtic warriors also painted themselves blue, in different individual patterns.
Superfrog about 13 years ago
That was when the Celts were on a winning streak.
flagfly about 13 years ago
Maybe the bare fighters knew they might wet their pants.
lanman03 about 13 years ago
Hmm… I thought it was the Picts who painted themselves with woad.
Puddleglum2 about 13 years ago
@Superfrog,The Celts won’t be on a winning ‘streak’ this year if the NBA owners and players don’t reach a contractual agreement.Are there many Boston Celtics fans in Australia?
strodgers about 13 years ago
@lanman03“Hmm… I thought it was the Picts who painted themselves with woad.” Same difference, except the Picts were in Scotland I think. They’re still Celts.
tuslog64 about 13 years ago
They didn’t have to worry about the “uniform of the day.”
Jogger2 about 13 years ago
Do footwear, helmets, and armbands count?
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 13 years ago
Right, Strogers, “Celtic” is a very broad term.
The Picts were one society of Celts in Scotland — but the Celtic warrior shown may be from Ireland, England, or even France or Germany.
And Jogger2, not to me. The outfit as shown is one I could really get behind.
Koolfunkygrrl about 13 years ago
I wonder if they had different sizes of shields for different sizes of….well you know…