Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 23, 2017

Well, who really calls it the “cornicione”? Italians? Imagine: stuffed-cornicione at Pizza hut, Domino’s, and other pizzeria chains.

Comets have two tails. One of them always points away from the sun.

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Cornicione. Italian Renaissance wall-cornice proportioned to be a suitable crowning feature of the entire façade and mass of a large building, usually astylar, such as a palazzo, e.g. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (begun 1489).

Given how inedible the edge of the pizza is in most cases,the word makes sense.

The comet’s dust tail points away from the direction of the comet. The comet’s ion tail points away from the sun.

Canis Familiaris is the real name for a dog, I don’t use that name either.

I wonder if UConn is looking at recruiting Witney…

The crust is the entire bread component of a pizza. The cornicione is sort of like a continuous heel.

Cornicione? I call it delicious!

Here’s one for Ripley’s! There is a female basketball star named Aerial Powers! ☺

While technically “cornicione” is the correct term, nobody calls it like that, not even here in Italy. We all say “crosta” (crust).

I couldn’t find the word “cornicione” in any online English dictionaries.