Robert Ripley was a cartoonist and adventurer who created 'Believe It or Not!' empire.
Robert L. Ripley traveled to 201 countries in 35 years seeking the odd, the unusual, and the unexplained.
He was nicknamed “The Modern Marco Polo”, and in his endless search for unbelievable stories to draw in his immensely popular newspaper cartoon feature, he acquired hundreds of exotic artifacts from around the world.
Ripley was the first to broadcast:
✔ from underground
✔ from the sky (from a falling parachute)
✔ from underwater
✔ from mid-ocean to the entire USA
✔ from Australia to the USA
✔ from South America to the USA
✔ from from London, England to every country in the world simultaneously using a team of translators!
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