Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 07, 2012
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Human bone has a compression strength stronger than concrete! When right-handed Austrian gun maker Gaston Glock tested early prototypes, he testfired them with his left hand- just in case of an explosive malfunction- to preserve his ability to write! Irish artist Frank Buckley built a house from shredded Euro banknotes once worth more than a billion dollars!
Michael Thorton over 12 years ago
So that explains why Glocks are ambidextrous! Personally, I prefer the Glock 17. It fires true and accurate even with a suppressor and it’s good in either hand.
Can’t beat the FN Five-seveN in a duel, tho.
Aussie Down Under over 12 years ago
Frank Buckley’s house now, isn’t worth what it was when he built it.
markhughw over 12 years ago
If Glock was so smart, why didn’t he just put the gun in a vice and use a string to pull the trigger, and not risk anything?
alan.gurka over 12 years ago
However, bones seem to deteriorate a lot faster than concrete.
goweeder over 12 years ago
I’m left-handed, but I always fire a gun with my right hand. It just doesn’t feel right in my left hand. No, I’m not making a pun; I’m serious.
Fan o’ Lio. over 12 years ago
Left handed golfer Phil Mickelson is naturally right handed, but he can golf well either way.
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
Someone did something similar with a rifle – put the stock up against a tree and fired. Broke the stock due to lack of a recoil.
iced tea over 12 years ago
Paul McCartney’s known as being left handed. He has to turn all his guitars upside down to play them.
corpcasselbury over 12 years ago
Yes, we have!
alan.gurka over 12 years ago
But those are all Acme products, which we know are defective.
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
That house has been duly noted!
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
It’s true, make no bones about it!
Yukoneric over 12 years ago
I always test fire with a string twenty feet away,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
xall2h1 over 12 years ago
lucky for him he is gonna get a lot of money for selling that house