Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 07, 2015
June 06, 2015
June 08, 2015
Transcript:
Hey! What's all this?!! 100.8 inches of snow fell on Capracotta, Italy, on March 5, 2015! Best job ever! At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, officials tested the safety of the athlete's food using white mice. Neither snow, nor rain, nor iceberg...! If more than 7 million pieces of mail aboard the Titanic are ever recovered, the US Postal Service must attempt to deliver them!
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Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
The Titanic mail is probably all soggy after these past 103 years.
johnt204 over 9 years ago
And at the original 2 cents per.
derdave969 over 9 years ago
The mail bit is real. In New Haven, CT in the 70s they found some mail bags that had been dumped into the sound after a mail robbery in the 50s. Folks started getting glassine envelopes containing the old letters and a note from USPS apologizing for the delay in delivery.
Lamberger over 9 years ago
Since the US Postal System has not yet taken delivery from the British carrier, it would seem likely to be the Brit’s problem.
brooklyn51 over 9 years ago
Any mail recovered from the Titanic would more likely be considered historical artifacts and subject to the special salvage provisions proposed by the NOAA for conservation of those artifacts.http://www.gc.noaa.gov/gcil_titanic-salvage.html
Tarredandfeathered over 9 years ago
Any Mail recovered from the titanic would be subject to a Feeding Frenzy from the “Treasure Hunting” Crowd.The Stamps Alone would drive Auctions Wild..The Actual Letters would be scrutinized for literary, historic and “AWWWWWW” Value..