Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 28, 2013
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Transcript:
In 1969 the future British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher predicted that No woman in my time will be Prime Minister. The planet Gliese 436b- located 30 light years away from Earth- consist largely of ice, yet its temperature is 822 degrees F! It's very high gravitational pressure keeps the ice solid at high temperatures. Yum! The yellow substance castoreum, secreted with urine when beavers mark their territory, is commonly used as a flavoring and ice cream!
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I am always dubious about claims for far distant planets that they have to infer from very faint evidence!