It's a strange, strange world -- just ask Ripley's

This is the third volume in the series.
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"Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: Expect ... the Unexpected" (Ripley Publishing, 27.95)
Believe it or not, another collection of Ripley's oddities has been published.
"Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: Expect ... the Unexpected" is the third volume in the series and features all-new examples of just how weird the world can be.
The large-format hardcover has hundreds of facts and photos, most in color, about offbeat people, unusual animals, unfamiliar customs, bizarre happenings and fantastic feats -- as well as some fantastic feet, including those of the Californian with size 29-1/2 feet and the woman in China who functions normally although her feet face backward.
Do you believe?
Here are an even 10 oddities, examples from the book that you are free to believe or -- well, you know:
A carbon-filament 4-watt light bulb has been burning in the Livermore, Calif., fire department since 1901, making it the world's oldest-known working light bulb (and perhaps the only one with its own Web site: www.centennialbulb.org.)
In 2005, a 25-year-old man from Calgary, Alberta, caught a boiled egg, thrown from 275 feet away, in his mouth.
A letter mailed to a small town in Germany in 1718 was finally delivered -- in 2004.
In Switzerland, some mountain glaciers are wrapped in aluminum foil during the summer to keep them from melting.
A 26-year-old Croatian woman fell 40 feet from her apartment window in 2005 and survived after landing on her feet.
The mouth of a hyena is so tough that the animal can chew a glass bottle without being cut.
The town of Florissant, Colombia, elected as mayor Paco Bell -- who happens to be a donkey.
A woman in Kent, England, won a loudest scream contest by reaching 129 decibels, about the level of a pneumatic drill.
In 2005, a 100-year-old motorist in Belgium was given a discount on his auto insurance because he hadn't had an accident in more than 80 years.
A slice of singer Justin Timberlake's half-eaten French toast fetched 4,000 on eBay. But that included syrup and a fork.
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