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      Hippo Meat Nearly Became An American Food Staple

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    • 1. In 2023, Adobe introduced Project Primrose, a digital dress capable of changing designs in the blink of an eye! 2. Professional skateboarder Justin Bishop is blind and uses a cane or sound-based technology to navigate skateparks. 3. Researchers have successfully used AI to predict hit songs with a 97% accuracy rating!

      CARTOON 12-07-2023

      Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ripley's Believe It or Not!, December 7, 2023
    • 1. The Swiss canton of Fribourg offers 100 bottles of wine to residents on their 100th birthday. 2. After surviving 55 assassination attempts, Albania's King Zog I died in 1961 at 65 of an unspecified condition. 3. Robert O'Connor of Elyria, Ohio, boasts a collection of "Ghostbusters" memorabilia - signed LPs, action figures, production props and more - that's over 1,200 pieces strong!

      CARTOON 12-06-2023

      Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ripley's Believe It or Not!, December 6, 2023
    • 1. Finnish skier Kalle Jalkanen helped his team win gold at the 1936 Winter Olympics despite stopping to retrieve his dentures during the last leg of the cross-country skiing relay! 2. A year after losing his right leg in a climbing accident, Zsolt Eross of Hungary scaled the 27,940-foot-tall Lhotse Peak in the Himalayas using a prosthetic leg. 3. In December 2021, scientists discovered glowing blue snow in the Russian Arctic, the result of tiny, bioluminescent crustaceans called copepods swept ashore and frozen!

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      Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ripley's Believe It or Not!, December 5, 2023
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Cowboys In The Wild West Didn’t Wear Cowboy Hats

cowboy sitting down

The Strangest Final Resting Places Of Celebrities

celebrity graves

Thomas Edison Did Not Invent The Light Bulb

thomas edison

The Hair-Raising Truth About Troll Dolls

troll dolls

Are There Bodies Buried In The Hoover Dam?

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Hippo Meat Nearly Became An American Food Staple

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CARTOON 06-19-2022

Platypuses glow blue and green under UV light!

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1. Over the course of 40 years, Butch Baker of Four Oaks, North Carolina, crafted a paper chain measuring more than 23 miles long! Part of the Ripley's Collection! 2. In September 2021, Croatian free-diver Vitomir Maričić walked 351 feet underwater on a single breath of air! 3. Platypuses glow blue and green under UV light! 4. Artist Sean Avery of Perth, Australia, turns old CDs into animal sculptures. Part of the Ripley's Collection!
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CARTOON 12-07-2023

1. In 2023, Adobe introduced Project Primrose, a digital dress capable of changing designs in the blink of an eye! 2. Professional skateboarder Justin Bishop is blind and uses a cane or sound-based technology to navigate skateparks. 3. Researchers have successfully used AI to predict hit songs with a 97% accuracy rating!

CARTOON 12-06-2023

1. The Swiss canton of Fribourg offers 100 bottles of wine to residents on their 100th birthday. 2. After surviving 55 assassination attempts, Albania's King Zog I died in 1961 at 65 of an unspecified condition. 3. Robert O'Connor of Elyria, Ohio, boasts a collection of "Ghostbusters" memorabilia - signed LPs, action figures, production props and more - that's over 1,200 pieces strong!

CARTOON 12-05-2023

1. Finnish skier Kalle Jalkanen helped his team win gold at the 1936 Winter Olympics despite stopping to retrieve his dentures during the last leg of the cross-country skiing relay! 2. A year after losing his right leg in a climbing accident, Zsolt Eross of Hungary scaled the 27,940-foot-tall Lhotse Peak in the Himalayas using a prosthetic leg. 3. In December 2021, scientists discovered glowing blue snow in the Russian Arctic, the result of tiny, bioluminescent crustaceans called copepods swept ashore and frozen!

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