Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 24, 2000
August 23, 2000
August 25, 2000
Transcript:
Believe It or Not! The first phone book was published in New Haven, Conn., in 1878 and contained only 50 names! New Haven District Telephone Book Believe It or Not! The Taiwan government bestows a medal called The Order of the Precious Tripod and in Thailand there is The Order of the White Elephant! Oie Herlogson and Ray Karisen of Sweden have traveled 10,540 miles on a journey to circumnavigate the world in a 18.15 FT long motorboat that has only a canvas canopy and a gas tank that holds only 33.8 gallons of fuel!
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