Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 16, 2023

Rrrrrrr, nostalgia good!

So if you see a rough-skinned newt, ignore the warning and handle it. You’re an American and you can do whatever you want!

That explain why spies so often carry rough-skinned newts with them on dangerous assignments…

Oil of cloves will numb any aching tooth, and you can buy it in any drugstore. It’s the same stuff dentists use. Just dab it on with a Q tip.

New horizons in “monster hit”.

And who sold it???

I just stroked newt from my list of Healthy Foods.

“It’s Franken-STEEN!”

I’ve used cloves instead, doesn’t tetrodotoxin break down into cyanide in the body? Wasn’t the monster in Frankenstein called Adam who had grey/yellow skin and no bolt in the neck?

I see they are using the picture of the Karloff Frankenstein, which is copyrighted and the Shelley family gets nothing for it.

A witch turned me into a newt

The newt looks cute. Extremely cute :-)

Does the gum have to be sore for that to work, or does it numb normal gums too?

If you can’t find any Achella Oracea, just rub that newt over your gums, pain will be gone forever

Rub a rough skinned newt over sore gums and your pain is gone forever.

Excuse me. Do I have Achella Oleracea in my teeth?

To think of all the natural medicines that will never be discovered because of deforestation is heartbreaking

Now some folks are going to look for and try to grow Acmella, except medicinal plants usually don’t have the same strengths and properties when grown out of their natural habitat.

Is tetrodotoxin the poison in puffer fish?