RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! Comic Strip Margarete Steif Teddy Bear Germany

Description

Measures approximately 13“ x 6 1/2”.
OPTICAL ILLUSION
THE SKIS THAT CHANGE
DIRECTION Drawn by TOM
FOWLER, Westhaven, Conn.
THE SMALLEST
BIRD IN THE
WORLD
THE MALE CUBAN
HUMMINGBIRD
MEASURES
ONLY
2.3 INCHES
IN LENGTH
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CLOCK
OWNED BY
WILLIAM
HILLEGAS,
of Columbla,S.C
WHICH HAD
BEEN BROKEN
FOR 20 YEARS
SOUNDED A
SINGLE CHIME
AT THE EXACT
HOUR THAT ITS
OWNER DIED
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MARGARETE STEIFF (1847- 1909 )
of Giengen, Germany,
ALTHOUGH PARALYZED IN BOTH LEGS
AND CONFINED TO A WHEEL CHAIR
ESTABLISHED A PROSPEROUS BUSINESS BY
CREATING THE FAMOUS "TEDDY BEAR"
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THE
DANCE
THAT COVERS
3 MILES!
A FISHERMAN IN THE VILLAGE
OF Lekeitio, Spain,
AS A CEREMONY TO ASSURE
PROSPEROUS FISHING
HAS DANCED ON A WOODEN CHEST
CARRIED BY 6 MEN
EACH JUNE 29TH
FOR THE PAST 300 YEARS
IF THE DANCER RESTS BEFORE THE
CHEST HAS BEEN CARRIED 3 MILES
HE MUST BE DUMPED INTO THE SEA
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THE MIRISAWETI TEMPLE of Anuradhapura, Ceylon,
WHICH COVERS AN AREA OF 50 ACRES
WAS BUILT BY KING DUTUGEMUNU
TO ATONE FOR THE FACT THAT HE ATE A DISH OF RELISH
*AND NEGLECTED TO OFFERA PORTION TO SOME MONKS (161-137 B.C.)