Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 13, 2014
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Transcript:
Singing competitions for caged pet birds attract thousands of owners across southern Asia. The word dunces originally referred to the followers of the 13th century Scottish philosopher Duns Scotus- who was not a dunce! Is that all?! An ancient Roman punishment was to be whipped and thrown into a river in a bag with a viper, a dog, a rooster and a monkey.
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“Is that all”….WHY this odd collection of animals ? Was each supposed to do something specific or had some odd purpose? I would suspect everything in the bag would be looking to escape the bag as a prerequisite.