Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 10, 2011
July 09, 2011
July 11, 2011
Transcript:
When a fictitious male name is needed, he is usually called John Doe in the United States, Joe Bloggs in the UK or Australia, and in Russia his name is Ivan Ivanovich! Valentina Tereshkova- the first woman in space- was a factory worker and parachuting enthusiast and had no military or piloting experience when she made her 1953 space flight! Tyrian purple dye was once one of the most expensive materials in the world. Used by kings and Roman noble tea, the dye's manufacturing process required the milking of thousands of sea snails!
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mckvick over 13 years ago
OOPPS! Valentina Tereshkova made her flight in 1963 not 1953.
ARF2 over 13 years ago
1953??? Ms Tereshkova flew aboard Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963!
texasbob02 over 13 years ago
Valentina Tereshkova flew Vostok 6 in 1963, not 1953. Sputnik wasn’t launched until 1957
DavidMac over 13 years ago
Was that before or after she invented baseball?
Yukoneric over 13 years ago
What’s a decade among friends……………..?
kptinker over 13 years ago
Not only the first woman and the first civilian, but now the first teenager in space? Believe it or not? NOT!
The Dr over 13 years ago
Yes, 1953 is definitely not the right year. It was 16 June, 1963.
Fan o’ Lio. over 13 years ago
How do you milk a snail ?
Theomordha over 13 years ago
Lousy editors. Comrade Tereshkova flew in 1963, you dummies.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 13 years ago
that error was SO blatantly obvious; unless the editor is so young that 1953 and 1963 blend together into such a hodgepodge of ancient history that both seem likely. ….1953, wasn’t that the year the U.S. president was assassinated? what the heck was his name?….uh………
Nighthawks Premium Member over 13 years ago
believe it or not…..
I choose “NOT”!
Gellzey over 13 years ago
I believe the ‘milking’ process involved extracting the snail from its shell and squishing the body. Ewww.
Thomas Alfieri Premium Member over 13 years ago
I was sayin’ ,53? had to be 63!
thank you, thought I was goin’ nuts
Thomas Alfieri Premium Member over 13 years ago
Was the purple dye from “muscles” from low tide?
rewwwebb over 13 years ago
That would be 1963. No one wa doing space flights in 1953.
ransomdstone over 13 years ago
WOW ! nothing gets by the editors in these comments. Way to go.KEEP B or N honest.
muskratdottir over 13 years ago
Maybe the purple dye starts out gray? I know the dye for bluejeans starts out orange, and then changes to blue during the dyeing process.
runar over 13 years ago
In Japan, it’s Yamada Tarō (山田太郎); In Korea, it’s Hong Gil-dong (홍길동전); in ancient Rome, it was Numerius Negidius; in Israel, it’s Israel Israeli (ישראל ישראלי).
ProfLindenbrook over 13 years ago
It happens…jeez , people!!!
lindenbrook over 13 years ago
Ok, just seeing if you all were paying attention lol.Yeah, sorry bout that! Sometimes something slips through the cracks but our readers are so understanding…
Jollie_Ollie over 13 years ago
I love Ripley’s Believe It or Not by John Graziano !
mucksiegooma over 13 years ago
1963.
tuslog64 over 13 years ago
OK, I had heard the name Ivan Awflitch being used – didn’t he write a book on Siberian skin diseases?