Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 22, 2011
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Transcript:
11-year-old Supatra Sasuphan of Bangkok, Thailand, is one of the hairiest people on earth- she has Hypertrichosis, better known as the werewolf syndrome! The wrists and thumbs of Gibbons have ball and socket joints allowing them to swing quickly from branch to branch, making them one of the fastest tree dwelling animals! In 1943- the US one cent coin minted with zinc plated steel because of the need for copper and war equipment.
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Dkram over 13 years ago
I’ve only known them as steel pennys.
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palarry over 13 years ago
Haven’t seen or thought about steel pennies for a long time.Things like this are one of the many I love about this strip.
littlejeff over 13 years ago
I loves my gibbons! :))
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
Nobody can say that pennies aren’t worth a plugged nickel.BTW, if you dropped a penny into the sewer, do you think you could pick up the s(cent)?
tuslog64 over 13 years ago
Be glad the 1943s are generally out of circulation. They could too easily be mistaken for a dime. Also, to save materials, Ill 1948(?) license plates were fiber. Unfortunately, goats loved them!
Fan o’ Lio. over 13 years ago
I rarely use coins (or paper money) anymore. Cash has been replaced by plastic. It costs more to mint coins than they are worth. Cash is like the rotary dial phone.
hossblacksilver over 13 years ago
I managed to luck up and get a few steel pennies over the years.
SHAKENDOWN over 13 years ago
The Werewolf Syndrome was used in a CSI episode a few years back.
mac47 over 13 years ago
I’ve always wanted those pennies.