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Ripley's Believe It or Not - Tuesday February 15, 2000 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

Ripley's Believe It or Not - Tuesday February 15, 2000 Comic Strip
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RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT © Ripley Entertainment, Inc. Reprinted by permission of ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION for UFS. All rights reserved.

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The phrase Three sheets to the wind, comes from the early 1800s and refers to the chains used to regulate the angle of a ship's sales or sheets- if the sheets were too lose they wobbled like a drunkard! Paolina and Ake Viking were married after Paolina's father picked up a bottle with a message inside off the coast of Sicily! The message asked any pretty girl to write! Paolina wrote back, and they eventually met and married! At the International Checker Hall of Fame in Petal, Miss., There is a giant sized checkerboard!