Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 30, 2011
June 29, 2011
July 01, 2011
Transcript:
Hangin' at home! Olios Coenobita- a species of spider from Madagascar, pulls empty snail shells off the ground and suspends them from branches of bushes to make safe and secure homes! Elizabeth Garrett (1836-1917) of London, England, was not allowed to attend medical school because of her gender, but passed all the examinations to become Britain's first female doctor in 1865! Germany paid the last of its debt from World War I (1914-1918) reparations payments on Oct. 3, 2010- nearly 92 years after the war ended!
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Dkram over 13 years ago
So what have we learned here, when you are in Madagascar, check that shell before you put it to your ear.
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ghretighoti over 13 years ago
Had the idea that Germany paid off its reparations in the two decades after WW I, using German marks that were worth a quadrillionth of a dollar. Have to check this out.
corpcasselbury over 13 years ago
If the Germans had had Obama and Biden then they’d owe ten times more than they did in 1918, Gweedo.
strodgers over 13 years ago
I wonder if they didn’t need to pay reparations, or far fewer, would there have been a WW2?
tuslog64 over 13 years ago
he US finally paid off the last of the Civil Ward debts about three years ago.