Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 26, 2021

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    monkeysky  over 3 years ago

    Are there twice as many kangaroos (in Australia) as humans (in Australia), or twice as many kangaroos (in general) as humans (in Australia)? Is there even a big enough difference between those two numbers to care about it?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Hillier

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    Gent  over 3 years ago

    Eh, it must be Australia Day today.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    Australian state WA (Western Australia) isn’t as big as US state WA (Washington), is it?

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    h.v.greenman  over 3 years ago

    I wonder why all the items are about Australia

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    meg_grif  over 3 years ago

    They should have talked about the Great Emu War: https://youtu.be/dyQ4lmAApKQ

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    James Wolfenstein  over 3 years ago

    Ripley Australian Edition today? :)

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    tremaine53  over 3 years ago

    Because, blue water was more expensive, and they were on a budget. So they filled the lake with the cheaper, pink water, which was on close-out. BELIEVE IT, OR DON’T!

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Estimated that millions of animals died in the horrible fires last year, so this may no longer be true.

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    edwardhnelson  over 3 years ago

    It would be very interesting to find trivia on many different countries and regions.This one on Australia was fascinating.

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    sandpiper  over 3 years ago

    For most _furriners, Australia has two major distinctions: their independent, do-it-yourself attitude. and their uniquely exclusive bio-system.

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    Teto85 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Have a good Anzac Day to all the ANZACs

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    That’s not a knife. Now this is a knife.

    Take care, may failed insect butcher Tina Boword be with you, and gesundheit.

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    joefearsnothing  over 3 years ago

    I’ll bet that lake is loaded with copper!

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    maverick1usa  over 3 years ago

    It appears that Germany would fit in five of the six states of Australia by that pic/map.

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    maverick1usa  over 3 years ago

    https://interestingengineering.com/lake-hillier-australias-pink-lake-and-the-story-behind-it

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    Caldonia  over 3 years ago

    Now Australia is freaking me out. It’s a vast wilderness, filled with weird stuff.

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    ncorgbl  over 3 years ago

    Kangaroos have spent a lot of time, money and resources in controlling the human population.

    However, Angela Merkel turned down the relocation effort citing the distance too inconvenient for invading France again.

    The kangaroo managed human processing plant is located on the shores of Lake Hillier.

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    Jogger2  over 3 years ago

    There’s a funny story about how the word “kangaroo” came to the English language.

    A European saw the animal bounding. Pointing, he asked an Australian Aborigine “What is that animal called?” The Aborigine responded “kangaroo”. But, “kanagroo” means “I don’t understand [what you said].”

    When I heard that story, I repeated it for about 5 years before finding out it isn’t true. “Kanagroo” really was the name of the animal the European saw in the Aborigine’s language. But, the European generalized, and used the name for animals of several similar species.

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    Stephen Gilberg  over 3 years ago

    I just looked up the global kangaroo population, and I’m afraid it’s not so clear: The current estimate is between 25 million and 50 million. The Australian human population is a little more than 25 million.

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    Scott S  over 3 years ago

    Happy ANZAC Day!

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    yangeldf  over 3 years ago

    Australia has a lake made out of Pepto-Bismol?

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    Phil721  over 3 years ago

    in central Alabama (Birmingham area) there are a number of former stone quarries referred to as Aqua Velva be cause of water color, a very milky blue

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    Craig Westlake  over 3 years ago

    Lake Hillier is where they dye flamingos; also, there would be more humans if they’d stop fighting with the roos…

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    spaced man spliff  over 3 years ago

    Too many deadly snykes ‘n’ spoiduhs

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    spaced man spliff  over 3 years ago

    If Australian society developed like Europe’s, it would have been sliced and diced into several independent nations.

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    [Unnamed Reader - bf182b]  over 3 years ago

    new artist?

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    pbr50138  over 3 years ago

    Pink water? I wonder if it’s safe to drink it? I’d bet not.

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