Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 29, 1999
Transcript:
The first American auto race held on a yearly basis was not the Indianapolis 500- the Vanderbilt Cup was first held on Long Island, NY 7 years earlier in October 1904! An operatic insect! The mail Australian cicada is a two inch long bug that emits 100 decibels sound- as loud as a car alarm! A profiterole candy dessert made in Athens, Greece used 1320 lbs. of chocolate, 1800 eggs and weighed 4 tons!