Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 24, 2015
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Transcript:
Lucy Hayes (1831-1889), wife of President Rutherford Hayes owned the first Siamese cat in the United States. Nitroglycerin, the main ingredient in dynamite, has been used as a drug to treat chest pain since the 19th century. The traditional Hverabrauth bread of Iceland is baked by burying it in soil near hot springs.
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