Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 04, 2017
January 03, 2017
January 05, 2017
Transcript:
In 1957, Strom Thurmond filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act, having an intern hold a bucket in the Senate cloakroom for him to urinate in- while keeping one foot on the Senate floor- just in case! Winds on Neptune reach 1500 miles per hour- five times faster than the Earth's strongest tornadoes! Pokemon Go let Americans to take an estimated 144 billion extra steps in the first month of its release alone!
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