Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 10, 2011

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NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter burned up in the Martian atmosphere shortly after arriving in 1999 because a group of engineers had not converted pounds of force into metric while building it! Two fronts, two armies, one soldier! U.S. paratrooper Joseph Beyrle fought for the United States during World War II- was captured and sent to a P.O.W. camp, then escaped and joined the Soviet Army! The furry chinchillas of South America have fur so dense that 50 hairs grow out of a single hair follicle!