Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 29, 2012
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March 01, 2012
Transcript:
Be-leap it! Or not! Earth's cycle of seasons is 365.242 days long, without leap years to keep pace, the dates of our 365 day calendar would quickly move out of sync with the seasons! Houston, we have a problem Without suction fans creating a vacuum, the water and waste in the toilets aboard the International Space Station would float throughout the cabin! Heave hose! In August 2011, monks from the famous Shaolin Temple, as well as other Buddhist temples across the country, held a firefighting contest in Hangzhou, China.
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