Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 02, 2008

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Created in the 1960s by volcanic activity, Iceland's Surtsey Island has become a place of scientific experiment to study colonization by plants and animals. A dozen bird species along with seals, earthworms, insects and 30 species of plants now exist there- less than 50 years after it became a landmass! Hungarian fencer Pal Szekeres is the only person to win medals in both The Olympics and The Paralympic Games! Rwanda is the first and only country in the world where women outnumber men in the legislature!