Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 29, 2015
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A Boeing 747 jet would take more than 1200 years to fly around Canis Majoris, one of the largest stars in the universe. Bombs away! Flocks of fieldfares poop on larger predatory birds to defend themselves- this can damage feathers so that the predator can't fly, and may even die. Which two US Presidents were born on the same street in Quincy, Massachusetts? John Adams (1735-1826) and his son John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
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At the risk of pedantry, I should point out a glaring error in the strip, something known to anyone who has ever taken astronomy (and probably to lots of kids interested in it). “Canis Majoris” is not the name of a star. It means “of the Canis Major constellation” and would be preceded by the name of the specific star, in this case “VY Canis Majoris.” The wikipedia article on this star is worth reading.