Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 01, 2012
April 30, 2012
May 02, 2012
Transcript:
The Northern Wheatear, a tiny, 25 gram songbird, makes an annual 18,600 mile, round-trip migratory journey between sub-Saharan Africa and its Arctic breeding grounds. The town of Manson, Iowa, USA, sits on top of a 74 million-year-old meteorite crash site that disrupted the underlying rock so badly that today it is nearly impossible to drill water wells in the area! Russian general Alexander Suvorov (1729-1800) went undefeated during his decades long career as a military leader!
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suzleigh over 12 years ago
A really interesting article about the Manson, Iowa meteorite:
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2012/02/19/ancient-meteorite-impact-crater-in-manson-iowa-causing-problems-for-towns-water-supply/
Stephen Gilberg over 12 years ago
I’m more impressed by the arctic tern.
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
The Wheatear has (breeding) grounds for flying that far!
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
@phritzg,You didn’t ‘shift’ into another ‘gear’ and change the subject! I never ‘tire’ of puns, so don’t ‘spare’ me! …happy motoring!
iced tea over 12 years ago
Why in the world would anyone want to live in Manson, Iowa if they can’t dig well in it. I take they use city water.
Big_Tex over 12 years ago
25 grams is slightly less than an ounce. Pretty powerful bird.