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Ripley in Kenya
In this silent film clip from his trip to Kenya in 1934, Robert Ripley joins a local man in bouncing on the springy land near Kenya’s “Underground Lake.” Ripley also tries a sample of a Kigelia tree, also known as the “sausage tree” due to its sausage-shaped fruit.
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