Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 11, 2016
Transcript:
The Bolitoglossa Dofleini salamander of Central America can extend its tongue the more than half its body length 50 times faster than you can blink an eye! Long toed shoes were considered stylish in medieval times- some up to two feet long and reinforced with wool, moss or whalebone. Edin Mehic was fined after burping too loudly in a Vienna, Austria, park on February 7, 2016!
First I inserted a mental comma in “50 times faster” and thought, “Why would it need to dart its tongue out 50 times in such rapid succession?”