Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 25, 2005

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Having stood on the grounds of France's Versailles Palace for 324 years, Marie Antoinette's favorite oak tree died in 2003, taken down in February 2005, it will be put on display and preserved standing upright- as a piece of art! While on shore leave during World War II, Bamse, a St. Bernard stationed on a Norwegian mine sweeper, would go from pub to pub retrieving the ship's partying crewman! Wayne Newton was paid $5 for his first professional gig at age 6!