Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 11, 1999

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On Red Mountain, near Birmingham, Ala., there is a 56 FT tall statue of Volcan, the Roman god of fire! It's the largest cast metal statue in the world and the largest statue ever made in the US! An hour is divided into 60 minutes based on a system developed by the ancient Sumerians in 2400 BC! Egg Duels Believe It or Not! In northern Germany, a popular pastime is eier spacken, in which two men face each other holding hard-boiled eggs and then smashed them together! The winner is the one who has cracked the most eggs!