Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 05, 2015
October 04, 2015
October 06, 2015
Transcript:
Can you spare some meat? In the early 19th century, wallets were used to carry items other than money- including dried meat! Every French soldier enlisted from the small village of Thierville in Normandy has come back alive from the country's last five wars- including World War I and World War II. Bone Appetit! A restaurant in Guadalajara, Mexico, named Hueso (Spanish for bone) is decorated with over 10,000 animal bones!
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Many things other than money (e.g., drivers’ licenses, credit cards, business/professional cards, keys) have been carried in wallets in the 20th and 21st centuries also. Surprised?