Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 02, 1996
January 01, 1996
January 03, 1996
Transcript:
Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Gene: "The quality of mercy is not strained." Former heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney lectured on Shakespeare at Yale University! In computer terms, the memory capacity of the human brain is 10 TRILLION BYTES - or 1,000 times bigger than a one gigabyte hard drive! The stomach oil of the short-tailed shearwater bird is used by the people of Tasmania as a medicine, a beverage, a lubricant and lamp fuel!
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Gene Tunney: Wow. You should absolutely not mess with that lecturer unless you want to meet him in the ring!
Interest rating (In my opinion): ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
10TB = Human Brain Memory: 10TB? How did they even estimate such a huge amount? Sure, maybe I remember a lot of things and experiences, but why do I suck at bringing up things I need to memorize? Even phone numbers. That probably means my brain has low RAM.
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Miracle Bird Stomach Oil: Good to know, I guess?
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