Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 12, 2015
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Planted in 2005, 2000-year-old seeds found in Israel in 1963 sprouted a type of tree extinct for over 1000 years! On October 17, 1814, about 387,000 gallons of beer from the Meux & Company Brewery flooded Central London with a 15 FT high wave! Norwegian artist Alexander Selvik Wengshoel had his deformed hip removed by doctors in 2010- and then ate it, saying it tasted like wild sheep!
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On January 15, 1919 a molasses storage tank burst in Boston, Mass., dumping 2,300,000 gallons of molasses. The wave of molasses was 25 feet high, traveling at an estimated 35 miles per hour. The molasses killed 21 people, injured 150 and killed numerous horses. It knocked buildings from their foundations and damaged the elevated railway.
Yeah, I remember reading about the Great Boston Molasses flood, so I googled it to get information. I probably read about it in Ripley’s Believe it or Not.
The flood caused one of the first class action lawsuits in the United States. The tank was found to be defective in many ways. The tank leaked so badly that the owners painted it brown to hide the leaks.
Now I have to search for the 2,000 year old seeds. I don’t remember seeing anything on this, but I hope they were Cedars Of Lebanon, which I believe to be extinct.