Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 09, 2011
August 08, 2011
August 10, 2011
Transcript:
8 days a week! Prior to the Romans establishing the 7 day week in the first century, they used an 8 day week! Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), the third US President- grew 170 different fruits and 330 types of herbs and vegetables at his Monticello, Virginia, home. 25-year-old coalminer Jay Wright found a 300 million-year-old shark jawbone buried within a Kentucky USA, coal mine in February 2011!
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suzleigh over 13 years ago
At most, Thomas Jefferson supervised his plantation… his several hundred slaves did all the work.
biomcanx over 13 years ago
That’s a local story to me, it is an exact replica of the machine and it does fly. It is very difficult to control and has crashed in the past. Unfortunately both people aboard were killed.
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
I’m in the 6,000-10,000 year crowd!
AlonzoQuijano over 13 years ago
CAVE-SHARK! AAAAAAAHHHH!
runar over 13 years ago
In ancient Scandinavia, they had a five-day week (called a “fimmt”). The days were Tiu’s Day, Odin’s Day, Thor’s Day and Laugar (Bath) Day. Sunday and Monday only got added to the calendar after Christianity was forced on them. Each month consisting of six fimmts, giving a year of 360 days. The other 5 days (plus leap day, when needed) were given over to midsummer festival that was outside the months.