Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 06, 2004

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At a cost of $12 million, Chinese firefighters have extinguished a coal fire that has been burning for 130 years, consuming 1.3 million tons of coal every year! Can I retire now?! Electronics manufacturer Pioneer has developed a DVD disc made from cornstarch, although it's almost impossible to chew, the disc is edible! A fly is covered with hairs that are hypersensitive to air pressure changes so to avoid detection, a flyswatter has to have holes to minimize it!