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1. over 4 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Since it is Greek derivation, the plural is octupusopoulos.

2. about 5 years ago on Scary Gary

   So Gary in fact is not above retaliation.

3. about 5 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   If Gehrig was the ‘Iron Horse’, then of course Ripken is the ‘Iron Bird’ which doesn’t quite have the same ring.

4. about 5 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Here’s why the fridge in Back to the Future was scrapped per a google search and it’s a good reason: Director Robert Zemeckis has said in interviews that producer Steven Spielberg was afraid that children would start climbing into refrigerators and getting trapped inside, after replicating the scene in the film.

5. about 5 years ago on That's Life

   He’s must only be in purgatory. Limbo is another story !

6. about 5 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   I do believe because spiders have hearts and a valve that pumps their blood into various cavities according to Google. So I’m sure a scientist can check the pressure. By the way spiders are royalty, that is to say their blood is blue.

7. over 5 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Oops you goofed – maybe. Astronauts can cry in space, the tears don’t fall down; they just form a sphere. After watching a couple videos of astronauts in space none of them mentioned that the eyes sting; so I have to discount this RBION item.

8. over 5 years ago on Zen Pencils

   Tesla was right about AC over DC in power transmission. I think Edison must have not been as smart since he didn’t figure this out. I think in general Edison learned a lot from experimentation and Tesla figured it out with physics; maybe this is why Edison was so stuck on DC.

9. over 5 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Latest news is “…human dolls were taxed higher than non human dolls … Now both dolls and non-doll toys are taxed at the same rate”. So it was the duties and I also think Z51 is right that parents might buy the toy and not the doll for their boy; but I expect that concern is fading.

10. almost 6 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

    Sardines are called pilchards if they are big enough. But whatever ‘angle’ you want to choose, sardines are indeed fish, this time BION is wrong.