Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 30, 2012
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No cars etc...? M-185 on Mackinac Island, Mich., USA, is the only state highway in the country where motor vehicles are prohibited! Croquet is a sport in the 1900 Olympics, and it only had two competing countries Belgium and France, with the French participants taking home every medal! Due to the electoral college system used to elect US Presidents, it is possible for a candidate to win 39 of the 50 states and still lose the election!
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roscoedog55
I live close to Mac Isle so I remember this story on Ripleys. It’s about the 4 time in 6 years they have repeated it. They just keep recycling the same trivia. Why I keep reading it is beyond me. Same with the This day in history sites. They just keep rehashing the same info.