Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 21, 2013
November 20, 2013
November 22, 2013
Transcript:
English fantasy authors and friends C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien both survived the battle of the Somme in World War I. Woodlice can drink from both ends of their body! In the 19th century, the city of London, England, installed streetlamps powered by gas fumes drawn from the sewers.
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jack fairbanks almost 11 years ago
lighting farts on a metropolitan scale! how green was their garden… and their complexions…
edclectic almost 11 years ago
Politicians can speak from both ends of their body.
Templo S.U.D. almost 11 years ago
We wouldn’t have J.R.R.‘s nor C.S.’s classic stories if they didn’t survive Somme.
Frogman_tg almost 11 years ago
Re: Woodlice. Now there’s a fact that I couldn’t live without! Much wiser now.
Dkram almost 11 years ago
This is going to be one he!! of an off year election..\\//_
jack fairbanks almost 11 years ago
yoww!!
tuslog64 almost 11 years ago
I remember reading that Hitler also survived WWI when a shell that landed nearby failed to detonate.No further comment.
francisrossi almost 11 years ago
Woodlice have gills.
Stephen Gilberg almost 11 years ago
Do not invite woodlice to your party.
fixer1967 almost 11 years ago
If the sewer gas lamp post worked then why is it not used now?
AmyGrantfan51774 almost 11 years ago
interesting about woodlice though they creepy good thing C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien survived the battle of the Somme in World War I or we wouldn’t have Narnia or the Lord of the Rings trilogy, eh y’all?!!!!!!!
gocomicsmember almost 11 years ago
They really should have saved the item about CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien one day more for the anniversary of Lewis’s death, but I suppose it would have gotten lost in all the talk about that other death on Nov 22, 1963.