Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 11, 2012
Transcript:
Giant African land snails can grow more than 8 inches long! The United States Library of Congress is approximately 838 miles of shelf space holding more than 151 million items! Prescription for laughter! In 2009, Thomas Petschner and Rita Noetazel founded clown doctors of New Zealand to promote the medical use of clowns and hospitals across the country!
oldpine52 about 12 years ago
One more reason for kids to grow up fearing clowns.
Kali39 about 12 years ago
US Congress: And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call: Bureaucracy.
Cloudchaser about 12 years ago
They could get Pennywise, Sweet Tooth, etc.
alan.gurka about 12 years ago
That is a scary looking clown, and that kid does NOT look amused.
roscoedog55 about 12 years ago
a few child stalkers and serial killers and clowns get a bad rap.
daniel_bel about 12 years ago
OK, class: question 1 how much butter do we need for a dozen african snails? Question 2: how much garlic do we need to mix in? Question 3 what is the size and material of the needle to put on the table?
Mostly Water Premium Member about 12 years ago
More than 8" inches. That’s pretty long.
comicnut4636 about 12 years ago
“Patch” Adams did this in 1971.
From Wikipedia:
Hunter Doherty “Patch” Adams (born May 28, 1945, in Washington, D.C.) is an American physician, social activist, citizen diplomat, clown and author. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute in 1971. Each year he organizes a group of volunteers from around the world to travel to various countries where they dress as clowns in an effort to bring humor to orphans, patients, and other people.
Puddleglum2 about 12 years ago
The Count von Count died a few weeks ago. Who counted all those items?
runar about 12 years ago
The slogan of the CD of NZ: “Filling children’s diapers since 2009”.
iced tea about 12 years ago
Laughter is the best medicine.
They who laugh lasts.
Max Starman Jones about 12 years ago
Seriously, I thought there would be more books than that in the library of Congress. Even I have almost that many on my Kindle.
wjones about 12 years ago
A waste of space when all of those could be put on a single hard drive