Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 26, 2016
June 25, 2016
June 27, 2016
Transcript:
Yup! The large hadron collider, one of the world's most powerful machines, was short-circuited by a weasel who chewed through one of the wires! Inspired by the women of the Kayan Lahwi tribes of Thailand and Myanmar, Sidney V. Smith of Los Angeles, California, has been living with 15 copper rings around her neck, in order to extend it, for five years! Vinnie's Pizzeria in Brooklyn, New York, created an entirely edible pizza delivery box!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 8 years ago
I may not live in Brooklyn (or even New York state), but does box comes with a box? Wouldn’t want grease and crumbs and the like all over the delivery car or the customer’s car.
meowlin almost 8 years ago
Technically, the rings don’t extend the neck; they force the shoulders down.
scpandich almost 8 years ago
The Large Hadron Collider had so many problems, including some weird ones (like the weasel) that some scientists seriously suggested that the accidents were a case of “reverse chronological causation,” that is, that the Higgs boson, which the LHC was looking for, was “abhorrent to nature” (their words) and so when it was created by the collider ripples were sent backward in time to sabotage its creation.
Chad Cheetah almost 8 years ago
Weasel Power!
thunderbearr almost 8 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k76IGLi6jWI
linsonl almost 8 years ago
If he chewed into 44kV, at least he didn’t suffer.
Brown Leghorn almost 8 years ago
I would say that the pizza comes out of a reusable and insulated container that is kept clean’ I would have a serving tray ready that was large enough and also clean.
ekke almost 8 years ago
Spot on, but maybe she’s safe from herself after all. This only “works” (in the sense of successful self-mutilation) if you do it long before adulthood, right?
meowlin almost 8 years ago
I concur completely.
scpandich almost 8 years ago
It was genuinely weird to see serious scientists arguing that the universe itself might have been trying to stop the LHC.
marilynn25 almost 8 years ago
You’re absolutely right. You beat me to this comment!
Charlie Fogwhistle almost 8 years ago
So an actual bug in an early computer became a metaphorical bug in all later computers. How long before “it’s a weasel” in your collider becomes a commonly used expression?