Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 30, 2014
April 29, 2014
May 01, 2014
Transcript:
Ripley's Believe It or Not! In 1876, the Italian daredevil Maria Spelterini became the first woman to walk across Niagara Falls, on a tightrope, with peach baskets on her feet! HEY CUZ! President George W. Bush is the 11th cousin of President Barack Obama, according to ancestry researchers. ECO WARRIOR! Julius Caesar banned all wheeled transport from the center of Rome during the day to ease congestion.
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How many women did it before 1876 without baskets on their feet?