Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 14, 2024

“Heeelllooo Savannah! How’s everybody doin’ tonight? That’s the mane you’re going with? You’re Lion to me, right?? But seriously predators…”

Edie is still too young to be a senator from California…

Unfortunately, Edith also died in February.

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A man and his wife arrive from a business trip and go to his favorite steakhouse unaware of the mad cow outbreak in his town.

The waiter sits them and says, “Our special today is duck or shrimp.”

The man replies, “I want a T-bone steak medium well.”

The waiter, a bit miffed, continues, “What about the mad cow?”

The man looks at the waiter and says, “She can order for herself.”

the only good snake is a dead snake.

I splurged last night with a sirloin steak (medium-well) and a glass of Merlot. Hoping for a repeat in a month or so, perhaps on my birthday. Until then, its fish or Mac & cheese.

What I learned here today is that Bull Frogs think like Chihuahuas and that there have been a LOT of people in jail cells.

116! Oh Lord, I don’t want to live that long!

Duodecillion sounds like somebody from the planet Duodecillia

Several studies have shown that 115 is the expected age limit for human beings. People can of course surpass that (and quite a few do) but they are outliers, or exceptions to the ‘rule’ so to speak

I used to keep saltwater fish. I had one of those harlequin shrimp in my tank for a while, Interesting little creatures.

They left out how well a 2 pound bull frog fared in a confrontation with a 500 pound lion….Curious I watch a YouTube video …think tabby batting around a baby sparrow….

A “very dead” tree fell across my driveway once and as I was hitting it with a chainsaw a grey treefrog that looked like lichen jumped at my face. Must have known I was a Leo…

Dupdecillion: What kind of cell. Google: a 1 followed by 100-0’s.

Googleplex: a Google to the Google power. Think about this a Google squared (to the second power) is a 1 followed by 200-0s.

Supposedly the googleplex is the name given to the largest number, but I say googleplex one is larger.

What are we to do with knowledge of how many cells have ever existed on earth? Now we know that they couldn’t count them physically; so they must have developed a mathematical formula to estimate this number. When calculating, what if the mathematician (or computer most likely) forgot to carry a one! The whole “estimate” could be thrown off by billions! Phooey! I vote NOT!

This kind of “knowledge” does not help the state of the world nor contribute to the solution of our problems!

Sweet 116

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do the bullfrogs ever win?

The mother of a guy I used to sing with was the oldest living American for many years. When his sister became her caregiver she thought it would be a short-term job. Nope.