Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 08, 2016
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June 09, 2016
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Author Mark Twain (1835-1910) was born and died during Halley's Comet years- the comet only passes earth approximately every 76 years! New York-based painter Ruby Silvious paints miniature works of art on teabags. Female sharks have thicker skin than male sharks.
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I think it is more interesting that Twain reportedly said:I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don’t go out with Halley’s Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: ‘Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.