MINI BELIEVE IT OR NOT –

Curious to see just how bad a paper cut can be, a carpenter replaced his buzz saw blade with a piece of paper and cut through wood.

  • John Heisz was curious about whether a flimsy piece of paper could actually cut anything
  • He created a paper saw by replacing his buzz saw blade with a piece of circular cut paper
  • The paper saw cut through paper, cardboard, and even a small piece of wood
  • The flimsy paper could not cut all the way through a thicker block of wood or an aluminum can

MINI BION

“BIONs” – short for Believe It or Not – is the word we use at Ripley’s to refer to anything that is unbelievable and worthy to become part of Ripley’s lore and collection.