Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 07, 2011
September 06, 2011
September 08, 2011
Transcript:
Loa Loa, a parasitic roundworm of West Africa, lives under a victim's skin- but it is best known as the Eye worm for its tendency to crawl into the eye's mucous membrane! Dude... Party starts again in 30 minutes! At the end of 2011, Samoa will change it's time zone to the west side of the International Date Line, making it possible to celebrate a single holiday two days in a row by flying 30 minutes east to American Samoa, east of the dateline! Unlike their larger relatives, pygmy hippopotamuses are nocturnal and live primarily in isolated jungles and swamps.
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