Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 05, 2014
Transcript:
Uughhh!! Tennis players can hit the ball 4% harder when they grunt, according to a University of Nebraska study. Henry Clay Thurston, standing 7 feet, 7 inches tall, was the tallest soldier in the US Civil War- he fought for the Confederate Army and toured with the Barnum and Bailey Circus after the war. The ancient Inuit delicacy kiviaq is made by stuffing 500 freshly killed Little Auk birds into a seal skin, covering it with seal fat and rocks and leaving to ferment for up to 18 months- everything, even bones can be eaten!
What was Abe Lincoln’s height again? I’d to know the comparison between him and Thruston.