Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 05, 2021

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    monkeysky  about 3 years ago

    The largest eyes of all are those of the colossal squid, about the size of a medium watermelon

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    eromlig  about 3 years ago

    Another true story tonight:

    My wife’s company used to send her out of state occasionally. The first time this happened, early on in our relationship, I decided to send flowers to her place of work. So I went to a florist shop. After choosing the display I wanted to send, I went to the cashier to pay and and give the address where they should be sent. “How do you want the card signed?” she asked.

    Thinking to keep a bit of spice in the nascent relationship, I said, “Just leave it blank.”

    She got angry at that; her jaw tightened. “Sir,” she intoned, “We do NOT send out flowers without some sort of signature; not from THIS shop. I need at least your first name. WHAT IS YOUR NAME?”

    Well, I could see I was defeated on that issue, so I said, “OK – my name is Anon.” (I made it rhyme with “cannon.”)

    “Anon?” she repeated. “I’ve never heard of that name. How do you spell it?”

    “A, N, O, N,” I told her. She gave me a slight nod of superiority – I couldn’t beat HER - and wrote it down.

    My wife still has the card.

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    Kali  about 3 years ago

    Technically, so is Antarctica…..

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 3 years ago

    If it weren’t for those studs on top nor those tubes below, LEGO bricks stacked an top of one another would topple over.

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    Caldonia  about 3 years ago

    Ripley, you fool, I have no problem believing any of this stuff. I want more unbelievable stuff next time…believe it or not.

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    Pedmar Premium Member about 3 years ago

    And there are many people who believe that Africa is a country.

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    Dr. Quatermass  about 3 years ago

    A single 2×2 Lego can (in the dark) make a full grown man scream like a girl when stepped upon.

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    wjones  about 3 years ago

    Has anyone ever stacked 375,000 LEGO 2.17 miles high?

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    pearlsbs  about 3 years ago

    The estimated life span of a $1 bill may be 6.6 years, but have not yet had one die while it was in my possession.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 3 years ago

    A $100 dollar bill doesn’t last that long for me.

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    charliefarmrhere  about 3 years ago

    So did someone actually stack that many Legos to find that out?

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    A# 466  about 3 years ago

    Bigger than, say, a cow’s eyes?

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    BearsDown Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Strong, sure, but did they have to make them so sharp?

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  about 3 years ago

    And many who live there are incontinent. G’day, mayt.

    Take care, may famed cartographer Marcito Polito Enrico Mapord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    markhughw  about 3 years ago

    New Zealand is part of the continent of Australia, but the country of Australia does not include the country of New Zealand, so I think it just so happens that the continent of Austalia is larger than the country of Australia, a case in which the country and the continent are two different things, but they just happen to have the same name. I think if the namers had thought this through hundreds of years ago, they would have given the continent a different name, like the modern name for the region of Australia, NZ, Tazmania, and Papua New Guinea, which is Oceana. It is never too late to fix this mistake. A better BION would be, “The countries that are in the continent of Australia are ….”

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    comixbomix  about 3 years ago

    …not the way I spend them.

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    poppacapsmokeblower  about 3 years ago

    So produce more of the longer lasting $100 bills and take on dollar bills in trade in, one for one. Here’s the two ones I have.

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    Gameguy49 Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Meanwhile, a dollar COIN will last 30 years (or more).

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    wjones  about 3 years ago

    One more thing The State of Hawaii is not on the American Continent

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    ncorgbl  about 3 years ago

    The life span of a $100 bill was just a matter of hours until my divorce came through.

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    I'm Sad  about 3 years ago

    Believe it or not: I’m finding this hard to believe that somebody had to submit the part about Australia when it was something we were taught in elementary schools. I hope you were taught that when you were in school. Or some part of your education process. I understand why it is in the comics as it is part of the comic.

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    Jogger2  about 3 years ago

    There is a project “Where’s George? Where does a dollar go?” where people put the URL of the website on paper money, go there, enter the serial number, and then spend the money. People receiving the money notice the mark, go there, enter the serial number to track where the bills were before they received them, and where they went after they spent them.

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    Aliquid  about 3 years ago

    There is no such thing as a “Lego”, LEGO is the name of the company, not the product. It is a 2×2 LEGO brick.

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    scpandich  about 3 years ago

    That probably helps explain why it hurts like the dickens when you step on a lego barefoot.

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    billcor  about 3 years ago

    I think those $100 bill numbers are off. they aren’t replaced as often because so many other countries are pouring counterfeits into the economy.

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    ekke  about 3 years ago

    That’s because my wife only allows me to carry ones; she’s never even shown me what a hundred looks like!

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    oakie817  about 3 years ago

    i’d like to see a photograph of the 375,000 single legos stacked one on another to make sure it did reach 2.17 miles…i think those numbers are way off

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    spaced man spliff  about 3 years ago

    Try using a $100 bill to buy $12 worth of stuff in a mom-and-pop store (I’m not talking about convince store franchises). Likely they can’t change it.

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    Dameron Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Speaking of Australia…that drawing looks like an Emu, not an Ostrich…

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    pbr50138  about 3 years ago

    An ostrich’s eyes are bigger than an elephants?

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    aussie399 Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Octopus. Blue whale. Don’t think Ripley is right on this

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