Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 17, 2014
Transcript:
American alligators balance twigs on their snouts to lure birds looking for nesting material in their breeding season. The Aymara people of Peru regularly eat clay because it cleanses toxins from the poisonous species of wild potatoes that are a staple of their diet. Before 1912 there was no official design for the stars and stripes.
Templo S.U.D. about 10 years ago
So why did it take an approximate century and a half scine Bety Ross made the flag?
Charlie Fogwhistle about 10 years ago
Early bird gets the worm, slothful bird not so fortunate. “We’ve already eaten, honey, why don’t you go get some sticks to patch the nest.”
Mneedle about 10 years ago
So what was Francis Scott Key writing about during the war of 1812?
Bob. about 10 years ago
We made flags just fine without a bunch of regulations. Always have to regulate everything.
tuslog64 about 10 years ago
Wait, though – wasn’t it the early worm that got caught??
tadchem about 10 years ago
The Colubus monkeys of Zanzibar regularly eat charcoal (which they steal from humans) for the same reason the Aymara eat clay – to detoxify the food they eat.