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It's a strange world, strange
by Philip Yaffe
As someone said (maybe Einstein but it could have been someone else): "The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, is stranger than we can imagine. "
Who can say, in 1929, Robert Ripley led a the message to heart and began to show. The result was a long term comic called "Ripley's Believe It or Not" Ripley, who eventually rose at the head of an international media empire.
Ripley cartoons that represent strange facts and events around the world. They were very popular and have consequences sometimes surprising.
For example, in November 1929 produced a poster that says: "Believe it or not, America has no national anthem," which premiered a national debate on the subject. It took less than two years to correct the situation. In March 1931 President Herbert Hoover signed legislation to adopt "The Star Spangled Banner ", based on a poem by Francis Scott Key in 1814 as the flagship of American music.
I used to be an avid reader of "Ripley believe it or not ", and other sources of interesting facts and fun. I always enjoy to discover the strange and wonderful, because it is a great way to stay young.
Some of my favorite places. In fact, I found myself some of them and have proven accurate. It is therefore safe to assume that the rest of them are fine, rare but some of them seem to. It is possible that some strange laws that are true now (hopefully) obsolete.
A male emperor moth can smell a female emperor moth up to 11 kilometers (7 miles).
One man had the hiccups continuously for 69 years.
A mole can dig deeper than 81 meters (250 feet) a tunnel in one night.
In South Bend, Indiana, a monkey was tried and convicted after smoking a cigarette.
A person at rest generates as much heat as a 100 watt bulb.
A group of owls is called a "parliament."
A group of crows is murder.
A group of rhinos is called a "crash."
A group of toads is called a "node".
A group of whales is called a "pod."
A pregnant goldfish is called a fool. "
A rat can survive longer without water than a camel.
rhinoceros horn but the horn is not compacted hair.
The teeth of a rodent is growing, which are used constantly by gnawing the bark, leaves and other vegetables.
A shark can reach a new set of teeth in a week.
About 70% of all living organisms in the world are bacteria.
Approximately 85% of all plant life on Earth is in the ocean.
A starfish can give his own inside.
A whale's heart beats only nine times per minute.
A woodchuck breathes only ten times during hibernation.
Anteaters prefer termites to ants.
All 17 children of Queen Anne of England (1665-1714) died before her.
After eating a fly regurgitates the food and then eat again.
Gangster Al Capone was not sent to prison in 1932 extortion or murder, but tax evasion.
Baby Robins eat about 4.4 meters (14 feet) earthworms every day.
Catgut comes from sheep not cats.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.
Chop suey is not a native Chinese dish, which was created in California by Chinese immigrants.
If the Earth's smooth sea levels cover the entire surface to a depth of 4,000 meters (12,000 feet).
If you are sued by a zig-zag crocodile, running, a crocodile difficult make tight turns.
Almonds are a member of the family fishing.
Peanuts are an ingredient of dynamite.
A dragonfly has a life of only 24 hours.
It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
The microwave oven was invented after a market researcher by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The microwave oven first commercial exploitation has been called the "Radarange 1161 and the size of a refrigerator.
A Las Vegas hospital suspended workers once to Paris where patients die.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, drinking Turkish coffee was punishable by death.
In the Middle Ages, a court in France ordered a cow to be hanged for wounding a man.
Millions of trees are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.
Deep-Sea Explorer Jacques Cousteau invented scuba gear while World War II, while in the French Resistance.
In 1830, the U.S. ketchup was sold as a drug.
In the 1890s, Coca-Cola was sold as a drug.
Kleenex was originally used as filters for gas masks.
In 1969, Larry Lewis ran the 100 yards (92 meters) in 17.9 seconds, it was 101 years old.
Less than 2 percent of the water on Earth is fresh.
Lightning strikes somewhere on Earth about 6,000 times per minute.
The Lobsters have blue blood.
Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the 10th century, had its library of 117,000 volumes with him wherever he went. They were transported on the backs of 400 camels.
Arabic numerals were invented in India.
warriors Celtic nude in war times, their bodies dyed blue from head to toe.
In 1840, Britain became the first country to issue postage stamps.
In 1836, General Santa Anna of Mexico held a state funeral for his draw the leg amputated.
In 1982, Larry Walters tied 24 in balloons Los Angeles weather your lawn chair and reached an altitude of 16,000 feet.
The oaks have acorns until they are 50 years or more.
Orchids are grown from seed so small that it would take thirty thousand to weigh as much as a grain of wheat.
The Mexican jumping bean is a bean. This is section actually a thin shell of a capsule containing the seeds of the larva of a small gray moth called the jumping bean moth (saltitans Laspeyresia).
Partridge Bay is a botanical Siamese, each develops from two flowers Berry.
The main objective of rice cultivation in paddy fields is flooded to drown the weeds surrounding the young plants. Rice may actually be grown in drained areas.
A motorist has been fined Finland more than $ 160,000 to go to 80 km / hour in a 40 km / hour, for speeding in the area are penalized in proportion to their income.
A man has filed a complaint against your doctor, who survived longer than doctors had predicted.
In Quebec, Canada, a former law said margarine would be a different color than butter.
In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum to prevent being thrown on the sidewalks.
Most burglaries occur during the day when people are not home, not at night.
In Venice all gondolas must be painted black, except those belonging to senior officials.
An old law in Bellingham, Washington, reported illegal for a woman to take more than three steps back dance while.
To reduce traffic congestion, Julius Caesar banned all vehicles Rome conference during the day.
During the reign Catherine I of Russia, the standards set for any man to get drunk before 9:00, she was not drunk at any time.
During the reign Peter the Great of Russia, men who wore a beard had to pay a special fee.
During the First World War, homosexuality in the French army was punishable.
During the Second World War, the bakers in the United States have been ordered to stop selling sliced bread. It has never been explaining how to sell bread in the United Nations helped the war.
Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
Early Romans used to use pens as toothpicks.
The longest coma recorded lasted 37 years.
The most prolific mother the world was a Russian peasant in the 18th century gave birth to 69 children.
In the 1940 movie "You're in the army now," Regis Toomey and Jane Wyman kissed by 3:05 minutes, the longest kiss in film history.
Remember When a vulture collision with a jet of November 29, 1973, flying at 11,277 meters (36,086 feet), the highest altitude ever recorded for a bird.
Among mammals, the Asian elephant has a longer period throughout gestation before birth. The average pregnancy lasts 609 days.
The bamboo can grow as much as 91 cm (35 inches) in one day.
The hummingbird "bee" in Cuba is the bird in the world, measuring only 57 mm in length and weighing only 2 grams.
The "bat bumble bee "Thailand is the smallest mammal in the world, also weighing only 2 grams.
The tree has lived in the older age known was a pine tree located on Mt. Wheeler, Nevada. It was 5100 years old when he died.
open heart surgery in a hemophiliac in Chicago, Illinois 1970, 1080 liters of blood it needs.
The longest arc observed in Gwynedd and Clwyd, North Wales, August 14, 1976, lasted three hours, 5 minutes.
Albert Einstein E = mc ² formula, the basis of Atomic Energy, was published in 1905, and 1940 on the principle that many people believe.
Pope John XII, elected in 955, was only 18 when he became head of the Catholic Church.
William Pitt, considered one of the best ministers of Britain the first, won election in 1783 at age 24.
A Sunday New York Times, printed in August 1987, weighed 6.3 kg (14 pounds).
Lenses contact, initially reserved only for serious eye problems have been introduced experimentally in 1888.
A single flower of Rafflesia plant in Indonesia can weigh up to 10 kg.
Grief is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting with the son of a photocopier. The message "You are lying," was placed in the copier. The police pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect was not telling the truth. Believing the lie detector "was working, the suspect confesses.
A lawyer defending a man accused of theft has argued, "My client merely inserted into the window and arms removed some items. His arm is not himself, and I see how you can punish the whole individual for an offense committed by its members. "The judge agreed." Using his logic, he said, "I just arm the defendants to one year in prison. You can follow or not, as his choice." The defendant got rid of its member artificial left him on the bench, and left.
Philip Yaffe is a former journalist, columnist / With Wall Street and a consultant in marketing communications. He currently teaches the course in good writing and good speaking in Brussels, Belgium. His book recently published in the "I" of the storm: the secrets writing and speaking simple (almost) as a professional is available in the history publishers in Ghent, Belgium (storypublishers.be) and Amazon (Amazon.com).
For more information, contact:
Philip Yaffe
Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 (0) 2660 0405
Email: phil.yaffe @ Yahoo.com, phil.yaffe @ gmail.com
About the Author
Philip Yaffe is a former writer with The Wall Street Journal and international marketing communication consultant. Now semi-retired, he teaches courses in persuasive communication in Brussels, Belgium. Because his clients use English as a second or third language, his approach to writing and public speaking is somewhat different from other communication coaches. He is the author of In the “I” of the Storm: the Simple Secrets of Writing & Speaking (Almost) like a Professional. Contact: phil.yaffe@yahoo.com.
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