Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 13, 2011
October 12, 2011
October 14, 2011
Transcript:
Naked mole rats are more closely related to guinea pigs than moles or rats! Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) a Hungarian obstetrician, discovered that handwashing was vital to a person's health, well before the germ discoveries of Joseph Lister and Louis Pasteur. He was met with hostility from his medical superiors, committed to an asylum, and died of an infection. $! In 2011, a company produced a $100,000 hand razor with blades made of sapphire and a handle made of iridium!
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