Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 25, 2014
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Gotcha!! A single North American brown bat can eat 1000 insects in one hour! Picasso was so poor early in his career that he burned his own paintings to keep warm. Comfy! All 54,000 tennis balls used at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships are stored at exactly 68 degrees F.
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Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
Um… why store tennis balls in 68F? To make them bounce more easily or something?
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 10 years ago
They freeze hockey pucks to keep them from bouncing.
el_loco over 10 years ago
He’d have done us a favor if he’d burned them all.
Stephen Gilberg over 10 years ago
That’s an average of one insect every 3.6 seconds. Ravenous little fellows.
tuslog64 over 10 years ago
1000 insects per hour? Bet he’s not going after cicadas!
Bob. over 10 years ago
That was my first thought.
bigjimfigaro over 10 years ago
20c
spaced man spliff over 10 years ago
Somewhere 54,000 Labs are missing their balls. ……… What a terrible thing to do to 54,000 dogs.
Veridian over 10 years ago
Because fresh Canvas was (and still is) relatively Pricey. better to burn a “Used” Canvas than a fresh one….Either that , or he just preferred the Buzz from burning Paint…
fixer1967 over 10 years ago
I am being invaded by mosquitoes. Where is a brown bat when you need one?
Squirrelchaser over 10 years ago
How many insects an hour does a married North American Brown Bat eat?
Seeker149 Premium Member over 10 years ago
Maybe the fumes of burning paint helped inspire Picasso’s subsequent work.