Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 21, 2014
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Doug Kurtis of Livonia, Michigan, has completed 200 marathons in under 3 hours apiece, his latest in October 2013 at age 61. Automobile tycoon Henry T. Ford employed a square dance band at his Michigan factory and insisted that all of his employees learn how to dance. In the 1930s, German chocolate bars promising "rejuvenation" went on sale -- made with highly radioactive radium!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 11 years ago
Wow. 1930s German chocolate to give you a sweet tooth and a set of illuminating teeth.
Aussie Down Under almost 11 years ago
What’s a square dance? A dance for squares. Sorry just had to say it. Rock Around the Clock was a good movie.
bluegirl285 almost 11 years ago
I’m sure the chocolate made people glow alright, but I doubt it was from rejuvenation.
Space_cat almost 11 years ago
Possible advertising taglinesIt has a meltdown in your hands not in your mouth!The Chocolate bar you can find in the dark!The Halflife bar, eat it and half your life is over!
francisrossi almost 11 years ago
Henry Ford also did a few other things, somewhat more sinister.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 11 years ago
If it glows in the dark, then it must be good for you.
daphne343 almost 11 years ago
Because nothing says “I want Hitler to take over the world” like consuming lots of Burk & Baum Radium schokolade.http://mentalfloss.com/article/12732/9-ways-people-used-radium-we-understood-risks
boldyuma almost 11 years ago
Radioactive chocolate bar? People use to pay good money back in the late 1950’s to sit in uranium mines(southern California/Arizona) for the supposed health benefits..
Stephen Gilberg almost 11 years ago
Good grief, when did Kurtis begin? How many does he average per year?