Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 05, 1998

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Gordon Hartshorn of Grand Prairie, Texas, ran one marathon every week 474 consecutive weeks, competing in 24 states and 6 Canadian provinces! Philip Artingstall of Scotland tossed a pancake 262 times in one minute, equal to 4.36 tosses per second! (1989) the Chinese in the 16th century drilled for natural gas and flammable petroleum using bamboo rods!