Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 26, 2012

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Scott McMurray of Vienna, VA., USA, received a postcard from his mother in April 2012- 55 years after she put it into the mail! Easter Island was settled around the year 800, but by the time Dutch explorers visited in the 18th century, the island had lost all its trees, topsoil and birds, and some inhabitants had become cannibals! Florence, a nurse shark at the Birmingham (England) National Sea Life Center, prefers to eat only vegetables- forcing handlers to sneak meet that she needs to survive inside of cucumbers! Yum!