Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 30, 2004

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Abnormal fear of the number 13 is a common condition and has a clinical name: triskaidekaphobia On June 7th, 1893, Edwin Booth, brother of Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth, died. Two days later, as Booth's casket was being carried from the church, all three floors of Ford's Theater collapsed! Rich Tiberi of Kentucky purchased a box of identified baseballs for $250 from a collectibles store. The box contained balls autographed by Babe Ruth, Tony Lazzeri and Lou Gehrig, valued at about $20,000!