Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 21, 2014
Transcript:
Nobody knows what Christopher Columbus looked like- there are no contemporary portraits. Wildlife researchers have found that Calvin Klein cologne attracts big cats! During one game at the 1936 ping-pong world championship in Prague, it took over two hours to score a single point!
Columbus and Jesus, no one was around to do a picture of either until long after they were dead. I wonder how many other figures in history whose appearance is based on conjecture and imagination.