Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 23, 2011
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In the 1980s, Nigeria built a new capital city, Abjja, from the ground up in the middle of the country as a symbol of unity! Gary Weddle of East Wenatoee, Wash., USA, vowed not to shave his face and tell Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed or captured. He kept his promise and left his beard untouched from 2001 until bin Laden's death on May 1, 2011! Nimbochromis Livingstonii, a fish found in Africa's Lake Malawi, has the blotchy appearance of a rotting fish and lays motionless on the lakebed to attract the scavengers on which it preys!
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About time to move our own capital to the center of the country, like maybe just west of Hannibal, Mo.