Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 08, 2018

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    Leroy  over 6 years ago

    Not because they couldn’t fix it—But FAA rules don’t permit butt-crack in flight.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 6 years ago

    Britain lost lots of pounds in that satellite.

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    therese_callahan2002  over 6 years ago

    And of course, that same year, the Tornadoes topped the charts with “Telstar.”

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    Gent  over 6 years ago

    You mean Rusty in lost forest just escaped with his life?

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    BearsDown Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Just when you need a snake on a plane…

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    Neo Stryder  over 6 years ago

    I wonder what would be the result between a Giraffe and an Elephant.

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    h.v.greenman  over 6 years ago

    Normally giraffes and elephants coexist quite peacefully (as a matter of fact at the Dallas (Texas) zoo’s “Giants of the Savanna” exhibit, we occasionally allow our giraffe and elephant herds to intermingle) but IF it came down to a battle it would be the elephant that would win due to sheer mass, And adult male giraffe weighs in at an average of 2,600 pounds (although there have been occasional specimens that can get to be as heavy as 4,200 pounds) while an adult male African elephant averages 15,000 pounds.

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    Casey Jones  over 6 years ago

    And yet, Giraffes are NOT allowed to be Rockettes.

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    Teto85 Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Adult giraffes have no predators other than humans.

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    Camiyami Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Hey! That toilet thing happened on my birthday! Woot woot! :D

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    pearlsbs  over 6 years ago

    That same nuclear explosion (Starfish Prime) also did other damage.

    According to the Wikipedia article:In July 1962 the Starfish Prime test, damaged electronics in Honolulu and New Zealand (approximately 1,300 kilometers away), fused 300 street lights on Oahu (Hawaii), set off about 100 burglar alarms, and caused the failure of a microwave repeating station on Kauai, which cut off the sturdy telephone system from the other Hawaiian islands.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion

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    ChessPirate  over 6 years ago

    And thus was “Star Wars” born…

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 6 years ago

    There are far more satellites today. Think of the damage a hydrogen bomb detonated in open air could do. That is what Kim Jon Un has threatened to do.

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Yeah, sure… accidentally… uh huh… yep.

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