Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 29, 2013
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The Blue Capped Ifrita songbird of Papua New Guinea has highly poisonous skin and feathers! Five percent of the world's population, including actor Johnnie Depp, are stereo blind, meaning they are unable to see movies in 3-D. The Statue of Liberty was used as the United States' first electric lighthouse from 1886-1902, when it was decommissioned because it wasn't bright enough!
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I will never be able to see things in 3D again — I mean EVERYTHING. I have Macular Degeneration in my right eye. I can see pretty good with my left eye, but if I shut it and look at something only with my right eye,parts of what I see are distorted. Oh, well — still better than being completely blind.