Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 10, 2011
August 09, 2011
August 11, 2011
Transcript:
Anne Warren of Westport, New Zealand, had a 22 pound ovarian cyst removed in 2008! When Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), 18th US President and Civil War General, operated his father-in-law's farm in 1854- he chose to work hand-in-hand alongside the slaves! At the height of Zimbabwe's economic collapse in 2008, it took 700 million Zimbabwean dollars to buy a single loaf of bread!
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machpovii3 over 13 years ago
Well, at least I know how much a sandwich will cost in 2020.
soadhachami over 13 years ago
nope 2015 by the looks of it lol
jpsomebody over 13 years ago
Sandwich? Are you telling me that Broom Hilda moved to the beach?
gocomicsmember over 13 years ago
You say “for all we know” as if that weren’t exactly the point: the Zimbabwean dollar was practically worthless!
Dberrymanal1 over 13 years ago
Grant’s wife still own slaves and held them all through the Civil War. The Emancipation Proclaimation did not apply to her. She only freed them when she had to at the war’s end.
natureboyfig4 Premium Member over 13 years ago
Grant must have had a heck of a P.R. agent. This is the first time I’ve heard about his family having slaves, and I’ve been reading Civil War history stuff for years!