Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 19, 2012
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Transcript:
It takes 3 people to play a 14 foot long violin that was made in Markneukirchen, Germany, in June 2010! George McCovery of Lake County, Fla., USA, had his jail sentence cut short by a judge in 2011 after he met a court sanctioned weight challenge and dropped 25 pounds in only 20 days! The Great Comet of 1811- passed into the inner solar system and was visible to the naked eye for more than 250 days!
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