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Ripley's Believe It or Not - Wednesday December 21, 2011 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

Ripley's Believe It or Not - Wednesday December 21, 2011 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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Indian royalty played the board game Parcheesi on a massive courtyard board with brightly dressed members of the royal harem acting as ponds! Dracunculiasis- infection by the Guinea worm, once afflicted millions annually across Asia and Africa. In 2010, there were less than 2000 cases reported from just 4 countries! Hungarian chemist George de Hevesy chemically dissolved the gold Nobel prizes of two German physicists in 1942 keep them out of Nazi hands. The chemical solution remained untouched for years until the Nobel Prize committee recast the medals with the original gold!