Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 02, 2001
Transcript:
In 1873, Frederic Kastner of France invented the Pyrophone! A musical instrument that is played by applying an open flame to a series of glass tubes! In 1876, 1500 people attended the first cremation of a human body in the US! The ceremony was held in a rented ballroom! The last words whispered by Charles Gussman, a television writer who wrote for the soap opera Days of Our Lives, were: And now a final word from our sponsor...!