Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 30, 2012
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Transcript:
The organization Peruvians Without Water brings water to communities along Peru's arid green coast by building fog traps that collect the moisture from the heavy fog that blankets the area 8 months of the year! After a baseball stuck in his glove during a game on June 5, 1999, New York Yankees player Orlando El Duque Hernandez threw an out by tossing the glove and the ball together! Honolulu, Hawaii, is home to the only royal palace in the United States of America.
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I remeber watching that game on tv. El dique (The Duke) is a cuban refugee. After he was banned from playing baseball in cuba, he and a bunch of others escaped Cuba on a raft. El Duque had to leave his family. He would be reunited with them at the 99 world series.