Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 25, 2012
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Transcript:
Sputnik The world's first artificial satellite was launched into space in 1957 aboard an ICBM designed to carry a nuclear warhead! Hot date! Katharina Henot of Cologne, Germany, burned at the stake for witchcraft in 1627, was granted a posthumous re-trial in February 2012 and was declared innocent! Sea pigs- relatives of sea cucumbers, walk along the ocean bottom on their stubby leg like tentacles and route through the sea floor mud for food!
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