Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 09, 1997
Transcript:
Wally Adams of Hull, England, spat a coconut a distance of 9 ft., 7 inches! (1986) In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, cockroaches are sold for $8 an ounce! HideYoshi, a 16th century ruler of Japan, ordered that all of the nation's swords be melted down in order to make a statue of Buddha that took 50,000 artists six years to make!