Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 13, 2012
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Transcript:
In the fall of 2011, an outbreak of mass hysteria caused a dozen high school students in Le Roy, NY, USA, to suffer symptoms of painful shaking and verbal outbursts! In 2012, The Royal Canadian Mint released a 25 cent coin that featured a dinosaur with a glow in the dark skeleton! En garde! French generals Pierre DuPont and Francois Louis Fournier engaged in periodic sword duels for 19 years!
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