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- Robert L. Ripley: Ladies and gentlemen, we take great pleasure in presenting the selected list of entries in the $5,000 Believe It or Not contest. However, before showing you these entries, I would like to make a few drawings suggested by the contestants.
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- Robert L. Ripley: And don't forget, ladies and gentlemen - you're all invited to submit suggestions to Believe It or Not!
- Robert L. Ripley: [on a child reportedly born to an 8-year-old mother and 9-year-old father in China in 1910] This is authenticated by the Chinese government, and astounded doctors all over the world. All I could say is: They're darn clever, these Chinese.
- Robert L. Ripley: I don't know of any American grandmothers who are seventeen years old, but many of them certainly look it.