Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 09, 2000

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Believe It or Not! Early American settlers called prairie dogs sod poodles because of the barking noise the animals make when frightened! Yelp! In Thailand there is an annual vegetarian festival in which hundreds of people show their spiritual devotion by skewering themselves with rods, pins, tree branches and even swordfish bones! During the 1911 explosion of a munitions ship in the harbor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, a 1100 lb. anchor was flung over half a mile across the city!