Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 02, 2013
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Transcript:
The runway at Gisborne Airport in New Zealand has a railway line running straight through it! The bagpipes did not originate in Scotland- they were played in the ancient middle east as early as 1000 BC! In 1871, English mountaineer Lucy Walker (1836-1916) climbed the 13,000 FT Eiger Mountain in Switzerland in a dress while dining on cake and champagne.
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I’m surprised the bagpipes didn’t originate in Scotland I always thought they did since every picture I saw of them a Scotsman was playing them