Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 05, 2023

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    30  over 1 year ago

    Well that sorta pulls the alligators in the sewer thing out of the myth category.

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    profbob  over 1 year ago

    Research Scientists get inspiration for Scientific names from early childhood watching Saturday morning cartoons. If from my era it would have been named “Have Gun Will Travel”.

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    Flynn White Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Batman: “Alfred, please buy a new stopper for the bathtub”

    Alfred: “Sir? What’s a htub?”

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    The dude from FL  Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Why would haved mentioned a dirty spoon phobia? Who talked about it? Liam Paynes dislike of dirty spoons, I dislike dirty forks but I wouldn’t call it a “phobia”

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    monkeysky  over 1 year ago

    The Sonic Hedgehog gene actually is named after the video game character, sort of. It’s a variant of a gene just called hedgehog, because when manipulated in fruit flies it caused them to develop unusual spikes on their bodies. Other variants are named after real species of hedgehogs, and mutations of the gene have been named after the echidna, and Mrs. Tiggly-Winkle.

    I once saw a cellular biologist try to look up PCR primers for this gene, and stare at the search engine results in confusion when a bunch of pictures of a blue cartoon character popped up.

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    jmolay161  over 1 year ago

    I solve the dirty spoon and fork problem by using plastic ones most of the time.

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    jmolay161  over 1 year ago

    At least the alligator didn’t climb up into the tub or a toilet.

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    jmolay161  over 1 year ago

    After global warming and dramatic sea level rise, alligators will have Disney World in Florida all to themselves.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 1 year ago

    Sounds like that gator had plans.

    Take care, may Liam find another direction, and may his doppelganger Geoff “It’s More About The Artistic Quality Of The Stains And Leftovers On The Spoon At My House” Steradord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    ladykat  over 1 year ago

    The kids will love having a gene named that!

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    oakie817  over 1 year ago

    so who likes dirty spoons?

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    Dean  over 1 year ago

    Once upon a time, cheap restaurants or coffee shops were sometimes called “greasy spoons”.

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    BearsDown Premium Member over 1 year ago

    That must be how the gator escaped…

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    198.23.5.11  over 1 year ago

    No big surprise——idiots who “adopt” baby alligators usually keep t hem in the bathtub.

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    WCraft Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Coming soon: NYC DA filing suit against alligator for eating bathtub stopper without permission.

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    Jogger2  over 1 year ago

    Inside our cells are complex molecular machines, including proteins with “legs” that “walk”. Here is a video that gives a quick view of some of them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_tYrnv_o6A

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    poppacapsmokeblower  over 1 year ago

    I have a phobia of famous people. They cause me fits of yawning.

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    pearlsbs  over 1 year ago

    Apparently Liam is only afraid of spoons that are not his that he thinks may not have been properly cleaned. He has no problem with his own spoons that he knows are well cleaned.

    But my question is, why only spoons? There is no mention in the below article about being afraid of forks or knives that he has no control over. It would seem to me that they are just as suspect of being unclean as the spoons are.

    https://www.toronto.com/things-to-do/liam-payne-has-spoon-phobia/article_1544e225-1481-55b0-b0a9-f01eb68574a8.html

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    Stephen Gilberg  over 1 year ago

    Now I want to see a DNA strand converted to a Mobius strip.

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    Bilan  over 1 year ago

    Why are they taking x-rays of alligators in NYC???

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    comixbomix  over 1 year ago

    He ate the stopper – that’s how he wound up in the lake.

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    Birdman47  over 1 year ago

    Why would a gator swallow a bathtub plug? looks like a pasifier plug to me. That would attract a gator if it was in a babies mouth.

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    Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Gotta go fast!

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