Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 21, 2012
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Louisiana Purchase With the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803, the United States of America doubled its size at a cost of less than 3 cents an acre! The larvae of Ormia Ochracea flies are laid onto crickets, the larvae burrow into the crickets and eat them from the inside out! Drew Manning, a personal trainer from Eagle Mountain, Utah, USA, deliberately gained 70 pounds from over eating and an activity, just so he could feel what it was like to be fat!
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“Native American” means “one born in America”, which could be applied to most of us, so why don’t we all just try to get along. The land in this hemisphere wasn’t owned by the tribes, either, and some got along with the newer settlers. There were atrocities on both sides in some areas, but the frontier way of life would inevitably be changed as populations grew, regardless of the ethnicity of the peoples. The “I was here first” mentality causes a lot of friction, and when it comes down to it, majority rule in a region establishes the government, boundaries, and laws. It is understandable for peoples to want to maintain their historical culture, from the original tribes to the English, Irish, German, Italian, French, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Vietnamese, and many others who have come to America, but we should also work together for our common interests, with necessary compromises. Members of tribes were not forced to live in the reservations, but those areas were uniquely given the status of immunity from the laws of the U.S.A. and of the states, so they could regulate their own culture and keep outsiders out.