Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 13, 2007
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Fish have rings in their ear bones that can be used to estimate their age, similar to the rings of a tree trunk! Q: Nelson travels half the distance to a nearby town in an old biplane that goes 20 times faster than he can walk. Although he could move twice as fast on foot, he rides the other half in a farmer's cart. How much time would he have saved or lost by traveling the whole distance on foot? A: If Nelson travels half of a distance and a cart that goes half of his walking speed, that half will take as long as the entire trip on foot. So his trip will be longer by the time of his plane trip- no matter how fast it goes! During his 6 year, 35,000 mile run across 6 continents- Robert Garside had shots fired at him, was charged by armed men, was jailed and met his future wife!