Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 13, 2005

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The Gates, French artists Christo and Jean-Claude's 16 day art exhibit in New York City's Central Park, took 26 years to create- and used over 5 tons of steel and 116,389 miles of nylon thread! Chef and sculptor John Gargone can turn a watermelon into a swan in under 5 minutes- while blindfolded! A 2000 ton dung pile at a Milford, Neb., feedlot caught fire in November 2004, and burned nearly 4 months before it could be extinguished!