Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 06, 2013
November 05, 2013
November 07, 2013
Transcript:
Blah! Blah! Blah! The wireless technology Bluetooth is named after Harald Bluetooth, a 10th century Scandinavian king. An octopus can squeeze through a hole the size of its eye! In the early 20th century, American explorer Richard Halliburton swim the length of the Panama Canal, crossed the Alps on an elephant, and flew around the world in an open cockpit plane. In 1939, he tried to sail a Chinese junk across the Pacific but was lost at sea.
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BTW, the word “junk” for a Chinese vessel comes from a Portuguese word, and has nothing to do with our English word for trash. Look it up.