Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 01, 2012
January 31, 2012
February 02, 2012
Transcript:
Huh?! Those who have parachuted out of a crashing plane are eligible to join the Worldwide Caterpillar Club! Animal breeding programs in ancient Egypt were dedicated entirely to producing enough cats, birds, and dogs to meet the demand for animal mummies! Sake it up! To support prefectures hurt by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, many Japanese bought large quantities of Japanese rice wine, sake, produced in the region- bumping up sales by as much as 39%!
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I think it has to do with the silk, made by caterpillars, used to make parachutes