Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 27, 2012
Transcript:
Pascal Prokop of Mettmenstetten, Switzerland, installed a functional wood-burning stove in his car! Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812 with 400,000 soldiers- but left with only about 10,000! Benny, a dog belonging to Leah Garcia of Texas, USA, was born with 5 legs!
Aussie Down Under over 12 years ago
That’s a lot of wages saved.
Why would you install a stove in your car? I doubt he can get insurance so wouldn’t driving it be breaking the law?
Bob. over 12 years ago
Back in 1952 we would put hibachis (charcoal stove) in jeeps for heat.
Stephen Gilberg over 12 years ago
Reminds me of the riddle: “If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?” The answer is supposed to be four, but not in this case.
Simon_Jester over 12 years ago
Most of Napoleon’s troops were lost to Typhus and other diseases, not enemy fire, or even the Russian winter
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
“The 1812 Overture”
Fan o’ Lio. over 12 years ago
How many MPC (miles per cord) does it get?
Fan o’ Lio. over 12 years ago
That dog would have a leg up on other dogs.
iced tea over 12 years ago
Napoleon lost most of his battles, so the story goes, because he had terrible hemmorhoids. He was in too much pain. Preperation H hadn’t yet been invented.
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
And no small percentage of his troops were lost when they finally arrived at a friendly city with restaurants – Actuallly keeling over while eating – didn’t have strength left to digest the food!
Dberrymanal1 over 12 years ago
The Russians have never been good fighters. It was their winter that saved them from both Napoleon and Hitler.
rclake1963 over 12 years ago
Napoleon was a dumb ass!