Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 29, 2005

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Russia's Stanslav Petrov saved the world! Working as a Soviet Union missile-defense technician on September 26, 1983, his quick thinking corrected a satellite error which could have started a nuclear war! Co-designed by a pro skateboarder, The Flybar 1200 is a supercharged pogo stick that allows users to bounce up to 8 feet high! Reinheitsgebot! The 1516 German beer purity law specified that beer contain only barley, hops, water and yeast. Still in effect today, it is possibly the oldest food regulation in the world!