Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 30, 2005

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Until manufacturing techniques made metal an option, the strings of instruments such as the violin and cello were made... From animal intestines! Most people today think of King Henry VIII as a fat tyrant, but in his youth he was admired for his intelligence, good looks, good nature and athletic ability! He's just resting!! It was recently discovered that Kyujiro Kanaoka who had been named the oldest man in Japan for several years, had actually been dead for nearly a decade!