Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 21, 2010

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Are we done yet?! In June 2010, John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut in a Wimbledon tennis match that lasted 11 hours, 5 minutes, and was played over 3 days! Dan Aziere of Danbury, Conn. USA, suffers from a genetic disorder that causes his bones to constantly grow new pieces! Since birth, he has had more than a dozen surgeries to remove the new pieces of bones! Hurricane Ike hit Galveston, Texas in 2008, killing an estimated 40,000 trees. Rather than cut them down, the city's residents carved many of the trunks into sculptures!