Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 10, 1996
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! A boxing match between Ralph Walton and Al Couture held in Lewiston, Maine, lasted only 10 1/2 seconds before Walton was knocked out! (Sept. 24, 1976) Believe It or Not! The US State Department sent an invitation to the opening of the Panama Canal to the nonexistent Swiss Navy! (1914) RETURN TO SENDER In AD 996, the Fatmid Caliph Al-Hakim decreed that all of his subjects should stay up all night and sleep during the day like he did, on pain of death!