Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 20, 2012
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Transcript:
Sweden has a 1:20 million scale model of the solar system with the 300 foot diameter Ericsson Globe Building in Stockholm as the sun and models scattered around the country as the planets and celestial bodies! The Bajau people of Southeast Asia deliberately rupture the eardrums of their children in order to make them better deep-sea divers! The great seal of the United States, which appears on the back of the $1 bill- predominantly features the number 13. 13 stars, 13 stripes, 13 arrows, 13 leaves, 13 olives and 13 steps on the opposite seal's pyramid!
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