Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 23, 2013
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Transcript:
The Cephalotes ants of the South American rain forest can glide through the air by directing their rear end if they fall off a branch! Dahala Khagrabari is an Indian town within a territory of Bangladesh, itself within an enclave of India physically within Bangladesh! Board of Music Juhana Nyrhinen, from Finland, makes electric versions of traditional stringed Finnish folk instruments from skateboards!
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Templo S.U.D. about 11 years ago
The Bangladesh/India thing has me confused. Anyway, it must be difficult with boarder controls
Jogger2 about 11 years ago
The wording for the one about Dahala Khagrabari is confusing. According to Wikipedia, it is a 3rd order enclave.
Dahala Khagrabari is part of India.Dahala Khagrabari is surrounded by Upanchowki Bhajni, which is part of Bangladesh. Upanchowki Bhajni is surrounded by Balapara Khagrabari, which is part of India. Balapara Khagrabari is surrounded by Bangladesh.
Also, according to Wikipedia, no one actually lives in Dahala Khagrabari. It is used for farming.
Sleuth about 11 years ago
In the Netherlands there is a similar situation. Baarle-Hertog (Belgium) is intertwined within Baarle-Nassau (Netherlands.)
There the houses have Nationality flags by the house number to indicate which country they are in.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Hertoghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Nassau
Marv Walker about 11 years ago
That skateboard must play Sweet Chin Music with no front wheels.
alan.gurka about 11 years ago
So, do inhabitants need a passport everytime they go out of town?
loner34 about 11 years ago
There is an area of India/Pakistan that has been a border dispute for years, not sure how many.
bluegirl285 about 11 years ago
Sheesh! As if my head doesn’t hurt enough already…