Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 24, 2016

Excellent work, Dr. Firth. (Wow, 150-year-old, still-active ammunition.)

It’s highly unlikely that the cannon balls “washed ashore” as they are too heavy. Rather, they most likely were buried in the sand and the hurricane unburied them.

http://www.livescience.com/56458-hurricane-matthew-uncovers-civil-war-cannonballs.html

I am not sure about this, but in my memories of the Charleston area, I can only remember “Folly Beach,” which, with it’s riptides and undertow, is a rather dangerous place to swim.

I would love to see a twenty string guitar based on a spider web.

I remember farmers in the South plowing fields of battle grounds would set one off from time to time. also kids would find them and it would blow up. not so much anymore but they are still around.

Gross! Drinking vomit and practically bathing in the stuff? That’s nasty! I’d rather do all that with the blood. But then I would get yellow fever.

I doubt the spiders want a melody.