Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 27, 2008
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Martin Tyell (1913-2008) made a mistake when assembling a Burmese-language typewriter, installing a letter upside down. By the time he realized his mistake years later, it had become an accepted layout for Burmese typewriters! In July 2008 Zimbabwe's inflation rate exceeded 200,000,000% More than 7000 people are on a waiting list to donate their bodies to German anatomist Gunther von Hagens so they can be plasticized into statues after death!