Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 18, 2012
Transcript:
For superstitious reasons, the province of Ontario, Canada, has never had a highway 13! British space scientist Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock believes that if aliens exist they are likely to resemble flying jellyfish! Says who?!! The National Ocean Service, a US government agency, officially declared in July 2012 that mermaids definitely do not exist!
Ladies and gentlemen, your government at work. Far more important than the fiscal cliff, right?