Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 23, 2012
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Transcript:
It costs US $1.672 mail a first-class letter in Norway- the most expensive mail service in the world! Some species of bamboo can grow as fast as 3 feet a day! Titanoboa- a snake that lived in South America 58 million years ago, grew up to 50 feet in length and had a mouth large enough to swallow a crocodile- whole!
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Stagger Lee over 12 years ago
Titanoboa means “Mother in law” in english.
Aussie Down Under over 12 years ago
Ordered an item on-line from a US site that offered free postage anywhere in the world. Waited 10 days and followed up the order. Ask me to be patient as it was being shipped from Hong Kong and shipping usually took 30-45 days. Luckily it only took 13 days.
walruscarver2000 over 12 years ago
And today that snake is a member of the House.
linsonl over 12 years ago
When that snake spoke, everybody heard it!
Franklyn McNight Premium Member over 12 years ago
Re: explodes and house. A fitting end for all snakes especially those in Washington.
goweeder over 12 years ago
Re: At $1.67 to mail a first-class letter in Norway—It still beats having to carry it yourself to its destination.1
gocomicsmember over 12 years ago
It’s been a while since I lived in Hong Kong, so I haven’t kept up on the postage rates, but when I lived there, you could send an airmail letter from HK to the US for less than the cost to mail a letter in the US to an address in the same town.
corpcasselbury over 12 years ago
You mean one of the snake’s descendants, Tigger. An ancestor is a family member who lived before you did, such as a mother or grandfather or uncle.
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
Jose Jimenez would not appreciate those bamboo shoots underneath his fingernails when he is being tortured!