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Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 05, 2015
October 04, 2015
October 06, 2015
Transcript:
Can you spare some meat? In the early 19th century, wallets were used to carry items other than money- including dried meat! Every French soldier enlisted from the small village of Thierville in Normandy has come back alive from the country's last five wars- including World War I and World War II. Bone Appetit! A restaurant in Guadalajara, Mexico, named Hueso (Spanish for bone) is decorated with over 10,000 animal bones!
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Space_cat over 9 years ago
A fist full of Ham, A wallet full of Jerky!And here I’ve been carrying my meat around between two slices of bread like a caveman!
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 9 years ago
Maybe the hipsters will start carrying jerky wallets.
CeeJay over 9 years ago
Am I wrong to assume that the bone collection at the Hueso Restaurant is a reminder not to drink the water?
Dean over 9 years ago
I would have spelled it TheirVille.
Stephen Gilberg over 9 years ago
But did those soldiers make themselves useful?
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
One song comes to mind about the Hueso restaurant: “Them Bones, Them Bones, and Them Bones.”
news_techren over 9 years ago
Did they use separate wallets for original and teriyaki flavors?
Artie Adams over 9 years ago
It’s “the last 5”: the Franco-Prussian War, WWI, WWII, the First Indochina War, and the Algerian War (a period from 1870 to 1962).
john about 7 years ago
Many things other than money (e.g., drivers’ licenses, credit cards, business/professional cards, keys) have been carried in wallets in the 20th and 21st centuries also. Surprised?
john about 7 years ago
Many things other than money (e.g., drivers’ licenses, credit cards, business/professional cards, keys) have been carried in wallets in the 20th and 21st centuries also. Surprised?