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Ripley's Believe It or Not - Monday August 21, 2006 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

Ripley's Believe It or Not - Monday August 21, 2006 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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On July 17, 1969, as the Apollo 11 mission headed to the moon, the New York Times published a retraction of a 1920 article in which it ridiculed Dr. Robert Goodard, the father of rocket science, and the possibility of space flight! Hero of Alexandria describe a simple steam engine used around the first century BC- more than 16 centuries before modern steam powered equipment was invented! At age 105 and unable to see the pins, Bill Hardgrove of Cleveland, GA, bowls on a regular basis- a sport in which he has competed since 1924!