Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 23, 2012
Transcript:
Oops! When restaurant owner Fred Bennett of Nelson, New Zealand, began serving Thai food, he added a sign printed in Thai and only discovered months later that it translates to Go away and don't come back! During the US Civil War, the state of Missouri sent 39 regiments to fight- 17 from the south and 22 from the north! 93-year-old Rachel Veitch of Orlando, Fla., USA, drove the same 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente for 48 years- racking up 576,000 miles before giving up driving in March 2012 due to blindness.
*Talk about a Missouri compromise.*Every time I see someone with a tattoo of a Chinese character I wonder if it’s a swear word.