Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 21, 2012

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    Michael Thorton  over 12 years ago

    And the amazing thing was that Rocky Marciano never went down in any one of the 49 fights of his career!

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    Simon_Jester  over 12 years ago

    If you’re Irish American, you might possibly have the Inca to thank for the fact your family came here.

    ( They gave the potato to western civilization ..and a method of cultivation that left the potato extremely vulnerable to any form of blight )

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    xall2h1  over 12 years ago

    leap month? that dosn’t make any scence

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    bbwoof  over 12 years ago

    @Kafka by the Shore:c/p from Wiki:Moore floored Marciano in the 2nd round for a two-count, but was knocked down five times himself. Marciano’s last career fight, he retires with a record of 49-0.

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    Puddleglum2  over 12 years ago

    Apparently, the Incas ‘went for the gold’!

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    Karptaz  over 12 years ago

    @xall – with our calendar, there are about 13.2 cycles of the moon, not 12 months – so about every 5 yrs or so they would have to add an extra full cycle to keep the “seasons” correct

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    iced tea  over 12 years ago

    I always know the the Jewish high holidays come on the first full moon of the month-such as Passover. Bless God’s chosen.

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    Stephen Gilberg  over 12 years ago

    This makes the economy of “Star Trek” slightly more credible.

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    Bob.  over 12 years ago

    Marciano was not “heavy” as heavyweighys go. About 190 most of the time

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    tuslog64  over 12 years ago

    In as much as the universe resembles a belt driven rather than a gear driven machine, no calendar is perfect. However, the Gregorian is slated to stay in step for apx 10,000 years.(If a binary star had planets, what would the calendar look like?)

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