Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 30, 2012
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Transcript:
Scientists have discovered colonies of sea grass in the Mediterranean Sea that are genetically a single organism and have been growing and cloning themselves for an estimated 100,000 years! A Venus fly trap's jaw like leaf trap can only snap shot 3 or 4 times before dying! Players of the ancient Mesoamerican ball game Ulama, bash their bodies against solid rubber balls weighing up to 9 pounds- which cause severe bruises and has resulted in deaths!
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