Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 29, 2012
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Transcript:
Smallpox is extinct as a natural disease, and the World Health Organization has debated for 25 years whether or not the world's last laboratory stockpile should be destroyed. James Henry Smith, a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers NFL football team, was presented at his 2005 funeral in his recliner- while Steelers game highlights ran on a television! Far out and cool! Wise 1828+2650, a brown dwarf star about 30 ly away, has a surface temperature of only 80F (25C)!
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If you’re suggesting that AshburnStadium’s comment that remaining smallpox virus stockpiles should be eradicated is outdated, then it’s you who should be paying attention: “UN Decides Not to Destroy Last Known Smallpox Stockpiles”
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/05/un-decides-not-to-destroy-last-known-smallpox-stockpiles/239382/