Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 28, 2014

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Circus acrobats and sailors were hired to help build the Hoover dam on the Colorado River in the 1930s using their skills to scale the 700 FT high canyon walls. Gachhh! In 1831, the Italian tenor Americo Sbigoli sang himself to death when a blood vessel burst in his throat during a powerful performance of a Pacini opera in Rome. The Dodonpa roller coaster in Japan hits 107 mph in 1.8 seconds- an acceleration rate twice as fast as the Saturn V moon rocket launch!