Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 27, 2012
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Transcript:
Ligature- the practice of preventing blood loss by tying up leading arteries was used by the ancient Romans but was not used for more than a thousand years until Ambroise Pare re-discovered it in the 16th century! Graphene- a material made from molecular sheets of carbon, is hundreds of times stronger than steel. It would take the weight of an elephant balanced on a pencil to penetrate a sheet is then as household plastic wrap! Florida stone crabs have crushing claws that can exert a force up to 19,000 pounds per square inch, several times stronger than an industrial car crusher!
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By the size of it’s ears I guess it’s an African elephant rather than an Indian elephant. What’s the pencil made out of “graphene”? The example would be to show concentrated weight I suppose or what’s the point of the pencil. Dispersing the weight using a blunt pencil would make “graphene” stronger.