Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 20, 2019

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    Leroy  almost 5 years ago

    … However, they kept losing to teams that ate before or after the race.

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 5 years ago

    A 1907 Ahab did his best to get that whale.

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    wjones  almost 5 years ago

    Izzy and the cab driver became good friends.

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    eromlig  almost 5 years ago

    Wow — 100+ year old whale! I wonder if the blubber was still good, and if they found any ambergris?

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    whahoppened  almost 5 years ago

    “Who’s Izzy izzy? Izzy yours, or izzy mine?…

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    boniface22  almost 5 years ago

    The Tomatan was created to feed tomatoes to runners in the marathon, not sprints. Sprinters don’t have time to eat.

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    therese_callahan2002  almost 5 years ago

    Notice that Izzy was drawn to look like Kojak.

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    bluegirl285  almost 5 years ago

    Ok, I’ll take the bait. WHY is there a robot that feeds tomatoes, of all things, to runners?

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    Daniel Verburg  almost 5 years ago

    Feeding tomatoes during SPRINTS? Search me, during a sprint one concentrates to move his legs as fast as one can, not holding a robot ?

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    Gent  almost 5 years ago

    That’s ridiculous. All that weight of the robot would slow em down.

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    J Short  almost 5 years ago

    Eskimo in year 2006: I told you not to use your grandad’s old a$$ harpoon; now look he’s getting away.

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    Teto85 Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Isidor “Izzy” Einstein (1880–1938) and Moe W. Smith (1887–1960) were United States federal police officers, agents of the U.S. Prohibition Unit, who achieved the most arrests and convictions during the first years of the alcohol prohibition era (1920–1925). They were known nationally for successfully exploding illegal speakeasies and for using disguises in their work.

    They made 4,932 arrests. In late 1925, Izzy and Moe were laid off in a reorganization of the bureau of enforcement. A report in Time magazine suggested they had attracted more publicity than wanted by the new political appointee heading the bureau, although the press and public loved the team. By 1930 both men were working as insurance salesmen. From Wikipedia and “Yowza, Yowza, Yowza”. An informal history of the USA during the 1920s by Kenneth R Bruce.

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    Tim Harrod Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    “Discovered” = we finally got him.

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    namelocdet  almost 5 years ago

    That harpoon fragment was like a splinter to that whale.

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    diegot  almost 5 years ago

    I’m glad the Japanese have solved the conundrum of feeding runners during sprints! I never thought the problem would be ever solved!

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    JT Vagabond  almost 5 years ago

    Or a twenty-year-old whale was struck by a hunter using his great-grandfather’s weapon.

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    The Pro from Dover  almost 5 years ago

    And that is why in every bar in every town they serve Harpoon Whale on tap!

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    Buckeye67  almost 5 years ago

    Did Izzy use his talents to make arrests or to satisfy his personal needs, and who the hell eats tomatoes while sprinting. Maybe a long distance event, but never a sprint.

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    jvn  almost 5 years ago

    A sprint is a short, fast run. Who has time to eat a tomato? Doesn’t the weight of a robot on your back negate any benefit from tomato consumption? Do tomatoes make you run fast? I have so many questions. Japan, are you just screwing with us now?

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    Zykoic  almost 5 years ago

    Super Dave’s granddad?

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    Tha_Hype  almost 5 years ago

    Anybody got any insight as to why you would eat a tomato while sprinting?

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    craigwestlake  almost 5 years ago

    “Izzy Einstein”? No way, he doesn’t even look like him…

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    Kali  almost 5 years ago

    Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith were two of the greatest Prohibition agents ever. And they deserve to be better remembered than they are.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcl_HrmtgIk

    And they were played by Jackie Gleason and Art Carney in a TV movie.

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    PatsyL.Paul  almost 5 years ago

    Maybe someone more recently just used an old harpoon.

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    wwward1948  almost 5 years ago

    They taste like chicken…

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