Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 30, 2009

Transcript:

Belarus lost so many people during World War II, (1941-1945) that is population didn't recover to pre-war levels for more than a generation! London's 1 million security cameras only help solve crimes at a rate of about 1 per thousand! During one of the voyages to the Americas, Christopher Columbus' crew angered the native population of Jamaica, but managed to pacify them by magically predicting an eclipse (with the help of an astronomer's almanac)!