Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 07, 2011
December 06, 2011
December 08, 2011
Transcript:
In the 1917 Battle of Messines of World War I, 10,000 German soldiers were instantly killed by 455 tons of explosives that had been planted underground by British engineers who had anticipated the battle a year earlier! During the June 25, 2011, Maj. League baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Colorado Rockies, shortstop Troy Tulowitzki hit a ball twice with a single bat swing! Lingchi- or slow slicing, was a punishment of execution reserved for the worst offenses in Imperial China and tell it was banned in 1905. The condemned would have pieces slowly cut from their body with a knife!
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Michael Thorton almost 13 years ago
Yes, there’s a Chinese folktale about such torture happening. In the end the victim turned out to be innocent.
Aussie Down Under almost 13 years ago
So the first cut isn’t the deepest?
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
Let’s cut to the chase! Could Chinese Water Torture be any worse than this Lingchi?
Brian Fink almost 13 years ago
Is there a reason to have such “graphic” facts?
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
“Anticipation” – Carly Simon
chaosed2 almost 13 years ago
just take a little off the top
petep2112 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Troy Tulowitzki is also the last Major Leaguer to turn an unassisted triple play.
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 13 years ago
human beings are capable of so much good and yet at the same time, their capacity for inflicting pain and misery is unparalleled on this planet
gocomicsmember almost 13 years ago
Since the bulk of WW1 was back-and-forth first-one-way-and-then-the-other across basically the same front line, it’s no real surprise that the British would be able to anticipate a German offensive in a certain area. Anticipate that it would happen, at least, if not precisely when it would happen.
tuslog64 almost 13 years ago
According to some accounts, the Chinese were the first to execute criminals by - Electrocution!!! They had a tall metal pole in the middle of an open field, and would chain the condemned to it ahead of an approaching thunderstorm. Sometimes, he would just get soaking wet, sometimes -——
iced tea almost 13 years ago
And when the torturers cut out their stomach, they filled it up with salt!
runar almost 13 years ago
According to article 155.1 of the Imperial Code, most prisoners who were sentenced to the “lingering death” were strangled first as a sign of the court’s mercy.
tuslog64 almost 13 years ago
It worked with Lester Gooch and treatment S. (re Fearless Fosdick)
killerkaleb almost 13 years ago
i can handle it to but the thought of having it happen to me a hell no