Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 16, 2017

Was Mima even the inspiration for that Star Wars space station?

The symbol ampersand was recited at the end of the alphabet as “and per se and” to distinguish it as a separate entity. The name came from shortening that phrase.

Hence the last line of a Mother Goose rhyme: “X. Y, Z, and Ampersand go to school on command.”

I thought it was still in. x, y, &, z

At least that is what Edwin told him.

Did Edwin Booth save Lincoln’s son before or after the assassination?

Or maybe the Death Star was made to look like that moon. Hmmm…

Does Mimas also resemble a time machine? Seems like a Timeless design to me.

Edwin Booth was the leading American actor of the time, famous for his portrayals of the great Shakespearean characters, from Hamlet to Lear, and a very different sort from his younger brother, John. From what I’ve read about him, the event happened well before the assassination, and established a friendly relationship between Edwin’s family and Lincoln, which John likely took advantage of to gain entry to the theatre, and the President’s box, after the play had begun. Edwin was in San Francisco, touring with a theatre company at the time of Lincoln’s death.