Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 24, 2016

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41 years after losing touch with her French penpal Yvette Metay, Sue Alice, of Staffordshire, England, found out they lived just one mile apart! Twelfth-century Japanese Emperor Sutoku, over the course of three years, used his own blood to copy a 10,500 word Buddhist sutra. The combination of rain and a dirt court prevented dribbling at the US vs Canada men's basketball game during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, resulting in a low final score of 19-8.