Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 15, 2009
Transcript:
J.G. Tierney drowned in 1922 while surveying the future site of the Hoover Dam. In 1935, his son Patrick became the last person to die during the dam's construction when he fell from an intake tower! The Wolbachia bacteria infect many different bugs - including spiders and scorpions - and selectively prevent their male eggs from hatching! Most of the $800 billion of U.S. currency in circulation is outside the United States!