Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 17, 2011
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Transcript:
You're probably wondering why I'm here. Lithuania's capital Vilnius, has a bronze bust of American musician Frank Zappa built by members of the country's Cold War era independence movement to celebrate his influence- even though he wasn't Lithuanian and had never been there! Japanese architect Kazuya Morita built a compact home with every vertical surface consisting of shelving that was not only used for storage but actually helped support the entire house! Female phorid flies of certain species never grow wings her legs, mimicking the appearance of ant larvae and living their entire lives for the care of army ants!
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Gee, it’d be great if they would stop ripping off Yahoo news stories. I read about the architect earlier this year. This hasn’t been the first time either.