Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 11, 2014

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I still love that fact of Wayne and Russi!

RIP Mr. Allwine

Now I know why I never lived in Iceland.

They’re a lot easier to carry around in ones pockets than change… Unless they are hungry.

So, alcohol is still banned in most middle eastern (what used to be called Persia… ;-) countries…

Sadly, Wayne (AKA Mickey Mouse) was killed yesterday when his head was crushed while attempting to eat a piece of cheese in a mouse trap. He leaves behind his nephews Morty and Ferd. A closed casket funeral service will be held behind the baseboards

In a 1908 referendum, Icelanders voted in favor of a ban on all alcoholic drinks, going into effect Jan. 1, 1915. In 1921, the ban was partially lifted after Spain refused to buy Iceland’s main export, fish, unless Iceland bought Spanish wines; then lifted further after a national referendum in 1935 came out in favor of legalizing spirits. Strong beer (with an alcohol content of more than 2.25%), however, was not included in the 1935 vote in order to please the temperance lobby—which argued that because beer is cheaper than spirits, it would lead to more depravity.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_Iceland

Yet beer consumption in Iceland remained consistent for the duration.

A ban on all alcohol could not go over well for long in a cold country.