Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 12, 2015
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Transcript:
US President Abraham Lincoln's coffin was moved 17 times after his funeral and was kept under a pile of lumber for a time to hide it from grave robbers. Raffi Stepanian makes his living by searching the sidewalks of NYC's diamond district with tweezers and a butter knife, collecting lost jewelry and gems. Toys ahoy! In 1992, 29,000 rubber toy animals fell off a ship into the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles, they are now used to map ocean currents!
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