Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 18, 2014
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Norwegian ice skater Sonja Henie (1912-1969) performed in the 1924 Winter Olympics at age 11, and won Olympic gold in 1928 at just 15. SWEET!! A cloud of sugar was found 26,000 light years away in the center of the Milky Way galaxy -- and sugar is one of the chemicals that could support life on other planets! Horses have the largest eyes of any land mammal.
juicebruce over 10 years ago
Does “RJ” from “Over The Hedge” know of this Sugar supply ?
joe piglet Premium Member over 10 years ago
I don’t believe the Sonja story, unless there is a Google doodle; kidding.
Marv Walker over 10 years ago
How do they possibly know it’s sugar???
captainofgondor over 10 years ago
Milky Way, sugar… to quote Captain Janeway: “There’s coffee in that nebula.”
markhughw over 10 years ago
The moose has the largest eye: 40mm. Horse is 34mm.
hill2209 over 10 years ago
All we need now is to find some strawberries to go with the sugar and milk.
Guilty Bystander over 10 years ago
Hard to believe ANY land mammal has had larger eyes than Marty Feldman.
fixer1967 over 10 years ago
The sugar story 14 years old. Here is more about it.http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2000/sugar/
Simon_Jester over 10 years ago
Samson, of Dark Side Of The Horse Fame could have some fun with that horse fact.
So could Dana Simpson
tlynnch over 10 years ago
American Bison (Buffalo) have 38-40mm eyes according to the taxidermy web site.
spaced man spliff over 10 years ago
“Horses are just like dogs—’Cept their eyes are bigger”.-(A realization I had as a boy comparing my dog and a horse down the street watching the similarity as they both blinked their eyes.)