Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 31, 2012
Transcript:
Carbonatite lava which is only about half the temperature of typical lava, flows freely with a viscosity similar to motor oil and can be found in only one place on earth- the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania! Bond... James Bond?! British author Ian Fleming was an avid birdwatcher and his fictional British superspy, James Bond, was named after an American ornithologist! The thing? Paleontologists have discovered more than 1000 fossils of Siphiusauctum Gregarium- a bulbous, 8 inch long animal that lived 500 million years ago, but no one has any idea what other animals it is related to!
Aussie Down Under over 12 years ago
Is that Carbonatite Lava wafting from Ian Fleming’s pipe?
chris_weaver over 12 years ago
He liked his hummingbird feeder shaken, not stirred.
Simon_Jester over 12 years ago
Ian Fleming did intelligence work for MI-6 during World War II. He was part of the Intrepid Ring. One of his closest friends during that time was a man also destined to become a famous author, Roald Dahl.
Dahl later penned the screenplay for the movie adaptation of, "You Only Live Twice’.
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
“I suppose you expect me to talk!”“No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!”
slowtrain over 12 years ago
How can The Thing be 500 million years old when God created the universe less than 10, 000 years ago?