Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 14, 2014
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Transcript:
In 1794, US sea Captain John Kendrick was killed in Hawaii while dining on board his ship when a British vessel accidentally used a live shot to fire a cannon salute in his honor. The Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab, a 1950s science kit for children, included genuine radioactive uranium, polonium and a Geiger counter! It takes the sun 220 million years to orbit the center of the galaxy, despite moving at almost 500,000 MPH.
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In other words, Kendrick was killed via friendly fire?