Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 10, 2011
September 09, 2011
September 11, 2011
Transcript:
Surfers can ride ocean waves up tidal bores, where the tide moves up a narrow river, for miles at a time! In an era of machine guns and tanks, Italy's Savoia Cavalry Regiment led the last horse Caverly charge against Soviet troops at Izbushensky on the Don River in 1942! The inventor of the smiley face logo received only $45 for his work!
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Hmmm…looked it up on Wikipedia, and that cavalry charge didn’t take place against Soviet troops, but rather Yugoslavian partisans near Poloj in Croatia.