Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 05, 1997
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Brian Farrow of Liverpool, England, escaped from inside a locked and bolted 70 gallon barrel of ale in 1 min., 8 seconds! (May 1988) Hiccup Ale Charles Dickens sold his first short story for a bag of marbles! Believe It or Not! The statue erected in Vienna, Austria, to commemorate Franz Peter Schubert cost more than the composer made in his entire life!