Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 11, 2012

One more reason for kids to grow up fearing clowns.

US Congress: And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call: Bureaucracy.

They could get Pennywise, Sweet Tooth, etc.

That is a scary looking clown, and that kid does NOT look amused.

a few child stalkers and serial killers and clowns get a bad rap.

OK, class: question 1 how much butter do we need for a dozen african snails? Question 2: how much garlic do we need to mix in? Question 3 what is the size and material of the needle to put on the table?

More than 8" inches. That’s pretty long.

“Patch” Adams did this in 1971.

From Wikipedia:

Hunter Doherty “Patch” Adams (born May 28, 1945, in Washington, D.C.) is an American physician, social activist, citizen diplomat, clown and author. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute in 1971. Each year he organizes a group of volunteers from around the world to travel to various countries where they dress as clowns in an effort to bring humor to orphans, patients, and other people.

The Count von Count died a few weeks ago. Who counted all those items?

The slogan of the CD of NZ: “Filling children’s diapers since 2009”.

Laughter is the best medicine.

They who laugh lasts.

Seriously, I thought there would be more books than that in the library of Congress. Even I have almost that many on my Kindle.

A waste of space when all of those could be put on a single hard drive