Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 06, 2014
October 05, 2014
October 07, 2014
Transcript:
Mighty mite! A tiny Californian mite (Paratarsotomus Macropalpis) can run 300 times its own body length in one second- a cheetah can only do 16 body lengths per second- making the mite one of the fastest recorded creatures on earth. The northernmost vineyard in the world is at Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in Finland, heated with water from the cooling system. Ronna Scoratow, of Pittsburgh, is leaving $5000 of her estate to her 42-year-old philodendron houseplant, to ensure that it will be cared for when she's gone.
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potrerokid about 10 years ago
That does NOT LOOK like a philodendron! More like some type of fern.
Templo S.U.D. about 10 years ago
Ronna better not entrust Jon Arbuckle with her fern. His cat thinks ferns are a delicacy (which I’ve not seen in the funnies in a long time).
tahoeh2o about 10 years ago
That plant is an monstera…
emjaycee about 10 years ago
So in case of an accident, the vineyard would be selling ‘fortified’ wine?
loner34 about 10 years ago
I want a bottle of that wine!In case of accident… well 4,000 (plus) people would be killed in this country every year.
BearsDown Premium Member about 10 years ago
Hi there, my name’s Phil. Phil O’Dendron
linsonl about 10 years ago
I’m still more impressed by the cheetah, but I had rather be bitten by the mite. The cooling water is not radioactive, it once was the steam that ran the generators.
Mneedle about 10 years ago
That is a mighty mite. One could almost say “dyno-mite.”
english.ann about 10 years ago
Finland is a safe distance away from the fault lines comprising the Ring of Fire (bordering the Pacific Ocean) and the fault line running through the Middle East. Safe distance from earthquakes.The body length of a mite is much shorter than the body length of a cheetah.