Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 23, 2015
Transcript:
30 shades of black! During the production of the Ford Model T (1908-1927), over 30 different shades of black were used to paint the 15,000,000 cars that were made. China used more cement in three years (2011-2013) than the United States used in the entire 20th century. Suffragettes Elspeth Douglas McClelland and Daisy Solomon mailed themselves to the UK Prime Minister on February 23, 1909.
How much cement the Chinese used those three years? As for the Model Ts’ 30 shades of black, how were able to tell which Model T was yours and not some other person’s?