Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 15, 2022

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    Charlie Fogwhistle  over 2 years ago

    Very topical today:

    How do you catch a polar bear?

    You cut a hole in the ice and line it with frozen peas. Then when the bear goes to take a pea you kick him in the ice hole.

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    The dude from FL  Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Isn’t captivity sort of like a jail?

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    monkeysky  over 2 years ago

    I had to look it up, and surprisingly the Polar Bear Jail is basically what you’d expect. Polar bears which pose a threat to humans are caught and held for up to a month, then released in a different area. At the moment, there’s 28 cells, with some for single bears and some for families.

    They typically don’t get any food, which acts as a “punishment” deterring them from approaching cities in the future (polar bears are adapted to go long periods without eating). No idea about the bail situation, though.

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

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    oakie817  over 2 years ago

    but can a diamond grow inside a diamond growing in another diamond? and if yes….

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    Teto85 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Part of the Secret Service protection. They also must have a driver for the first ten years out of office.

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    quinones.felix  over 2 years ago

    Does the rule of presidents not driving apply to riding bikes? Someone should tell Biden.

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    WCraft Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Shouldn’t have printed that about presidents prohibited from public roads. Now we’ll have another 18 months of investigations by congress to see if Trump had violated that law.

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    poppacapsmokeblower  over 2 years ago

    How does the Churchill justice system select a jury of peers for charged polar bears?

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    homerec130  over 2 years ago

    When Truman left the White House he drove make to MO. Loaded the family into the car and drove home.

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    198.23.5.11  over 2 years ago

    The Bush compound in Kennebunkport,Maine is like an amusement pier——you pass t hrough checkpoints to get to thehouse;which is fathest back from the street.

    But the entrance is on a public road;and the houses across the street are owned by civilians

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    heathcliff2  over 2 years ago

    So much for being leader of the world of liberty.

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    TheBigPickle  over 2 years ago

    Uh… I thought diamonds formed under pressure and high heat, not growing like a crystal.

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    "Doon the Watter" on the Waverley  over 2 years ago

    Not a law the Presidents must follow, but strictly enforced by their bodyguards

    https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/28/presidents-arent-allowed-to-drive.html

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    WDD  about 2 years ago

    Interesting that in the U.K., Queen Elizabeth, a former auto mechanic, is allowed to drive a car.

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