Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 13, 2015
Transcript:
During World War I, British schoolchildren collected thousands of tons of horse chestnuts for the Army, who made them into explosives! Older sick members of the Indian Jain religion may refuse food and water, fasting in a sitting position until death, before their body is paraded in a funeral possession. The Credem Bank in northern Italy issues loans secured with wheels of Parmesan cheese!
No WW1 Axis sure wouldn’t suspect a chestnut to be so delicious AND deadly.