Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 23, 2021

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    monkeysky  over 3 years ago

    That would mean that one out of approximately 6 US residents throws out a plastic bottle in the average day, if my math is correct.

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    Ed A.  over 3 years ago

    In NYC, he’s called the molar rat.

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    Gent  over 3 years ago

    I guess they has fairy godmousers too.

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    Leojim  over 3 years ago

    I was born at home, not at a hospital.

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    Guybrush Threepwood  over 3 years ago

    Italian here. Yeah, we have the tooth mouse, not the fairy.

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    hfergus Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I recycle all the plastic bottles that can be recycled. Or repurpose or reuse. Recycle, repurpose, reuse. Actually thrown out is rare. Same with all my plastics. Just some cannot be recycled, and there are limits to repurposing and reusing.

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    Shirl Summ Premium Member over 3 years ago

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9485079/The-new-plague-plastic-rain-microplastics-literally-pouring-sky.html?offset=36&max=100&jumpTo=comment-684194159#comment-684194159

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    Space_cat  over 3 years ago

    Meanwhile, 45 was the first to be found under a rock!

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    tremaine53  over 3 years ago

    After Carter was elected, the Republicans tried to get rid of hospitals. Believe it, or DON’T!

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    Jaime Jean M  over 3 years ago

    You don’t have to go too far to find the Tooth Mouse. It’s often called Ratón Pérez south of the border. Which makes sense – there are no fairies here, but there sure is a lot of mice!

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    khmo  over 3 years ago

    I’m surprised Jason didn’t one up that bottle count

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    Totalloser Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Jimmy Carter ahead of his time on Climate Change, he installed solar panels at the Whitehouse that Reagan immediately removed

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    Nathan Daniels  over 3 years ago

    No joke, when we first had kids, my wife and I decided we didn’t want to tell our children stories about the tooth fairy or the Easter bunny or anything like that. However, when my oldest lost his first tooth, I impulsively created The Tooth Weasel. The Tooth Weasel would write long, outlandish letters in a distinctive script to accompany their quarters…and sometimes play pranks on them. These experiences made for interesting conversations on the playground. I had five kids. They lost a lot of teeth. I’d written probably a novel’s worth of tooth weasel letters before I finally let them in on the joke. But it was worth it!

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    Gameguy49 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Plastic is the real fossil fuel threat to the world. It just doesn’t go away. Plastic micro-balls are being found everywhere!

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    danholt  over 3 years ago

    I still can’t believe plastic water bottles don’t have a return deposit on them like pop or beer cans do…

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    joeatwork212  over 3 years ago

    At least during my life, Jimmy Carter is the first of the string of the terrible presidents.

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    lfperales  over 3 years ago

    I think it sounds worse. 6 bottles a day per person is a lot

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    WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago

    And in Russia, they have the tongue fairy…

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    And Jimmy never let his mom forget that moment.

    Take care, may famed author and ego maniac “Dr.” Arthur Janovord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    ncorgbl  over 3 years ago

    This begs the question “What does the titmouse bring?” Sweet dreams?

    Shortly after Carter’s birth big business discovered that the health care industry was big profit.

    Long about 65 years ago my widowed grandmother retired from her job and received Social Security. To supplement her income she walked the neighborhood collecting glass pop (soda) bottles for the 2¢ each. She left us a fortune.

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    gozar  over 3 years ago

    “Did I ever tell you the story about the Tooth Beaver, Ren?”

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    Stephen Gilberg  over 3 years ago

    The Tooth Mouse puts “Ernest & Celestine” into perspective.

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    Craig Westlake  over 3 years ago

    Let’s see…we have a rat that’s a French chef, a mouse that collects teeth – what’s next, a gerbil gynecologist?…

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    ex window inspector  over 3 years ago

    Wow, amazing, and that’s a tissue of lies

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    scpandich  over 3 years ago

    Okay, before you complain, one, I’m really, really thirsty all the time, and two, I recycle.

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    pbr50138  over 3 years ago

    I’ve only used bottled water, when a flavored drink wasn’t available, which has been very rare.

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