Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 09, 2011
Transcript:
Before the discovery of vaccination, the Saint Hubert's Key, a shaped piece of metal, was heated and pressed into a bite caused by an animal presumed to be rabid! Martin Delaney (1812-1885), the highest ranking African-American soldier during the US Civil War, was also a doctor, and author, and Explorer, a political activist and a judge! Chook a superb lyrebird at the Adelaide (Australia) zoo learn to perfectly mimic the sounds of construction, including drills, hand saws, trucks and radio conversations, while workers were near his enclosure!
It’s nice they had a way to distract you from the onset of rabies. Nothing like being branded to take your mind off things.