Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 03, 2014
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Transcript:
In 1916, the British Army banned popular Charley Chaplin style mustaches among World War I soldiers for fear of being ridiculed by the enemy. Shhh! I'm taking a shortcut! Every stage winner and the final top four riders in the second Tour de France in 1904 were disqualified for cheating- their offenses included taking shortcuts, catching trains and riding in cars. In 1892, mussels rained from a yellow cloud in the sky over Paderborn, Germany.
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