Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 05, 2012
April 04, 2012
April 06, 2012
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In October 2011, officials in Lodz, Poland, called on Catholic priests to bless the city's manhole covers in an attempt to stop them from being stolen by scrap metal thieves! Acanthephyra Purpurea, the firebreathing shrimp, blinds and distracts its predators by spewing out a glowing chemical cloud! The Kingdom Tower, planned for construction and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has a budget of more than US $1 billion and, when finished, will become the tallest man-made structure at more than 1 kilometer (3280 feet) in height!
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Great comments today!
I wonder if, after the covers were blessed, there was a drop in their theft.