Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 21, 2011
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Transcript:
Believe it or not! Mosquitoes may be the world's deadliest animals! They kill millions each year by transmitting lethal parasites and diseases. Ahhhh... Yuk! When the tiny papillae on a person's tongue don't shed properly and grow long, the result is a harmless condition called black hairy tongue! Bilingual people are better able to resist dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease than people who can only speak one language!
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