I want facts of Robert ripley
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1) HE WAS NAMED AFTER CONFEDERATE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE. ...
2) HE WAS A COLLEGE DROPOUT—TWICE OVER. ...
3) HE MADE $15 FROM THE SALE OF HIS FIRST POEM. ...
4) EZRA POUND HELPED FROST GAIN A FOLLOWING. ...
5) HE BELIEVED “THE ROAD NOT TAKEN” WAS VERY MISUNDERSTOOD. .
6) HE WAS THE FIRST POET TO READ AT A PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION.
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Answer: 1. LeRoy Robert Ripley (1890-1949), grew up in Santa Rosa, California, and played semipro baseball in his teens. He traveled to New York City in 1913 at the urging of his friend, writer Jack London. He tried out with the New York Giants, but broke his arm in a training game, effectively ending his chances at a big league baseball career. At that point Ripley became a full-time cartoonist. It was at the suggestion of one of his editors that he dropped “LeRoy” and became “Robert L. Ripley” (the editor believed “LeRoy” didn’t sound masculine enough).
2. In 1908, Ripley was paid $8 for his first commercial cartoon. Life magazine purchased Ripley’s illustrated pun of a young woman pushing laundry through a wringer with the caption “The Village Bell Was Slowly Ringing” [belle]/[wringing].
3. Although Ripley never completed high school (he was forced to drop out and work to support his family after his father’s death), 1934 in the depths of the Great Depression, NBC was paying Ripley $3,000 per radio show. The cartoonist’s King Features Syndicate contract was worth $7,000 per week. Ripley charged $1,000 per night to appear as a lecturer. When added to his other lucrative earnings, Ripley’s income totaled more than a half-million dollars per year. He was well on his way to becoming the first cartoonist to earn $1 million per year – including Walt Disney. 4. After a two-year run at the Chicago World’s Fair, which drew more than 2 million visitors and earned Ripley $1 million, in 1933 he opened his first permanent “Odditorium” in Times Square, New York City. Ripley’s attraction portfolio has grown to more than 95 attractions in 10 countries. Attractions include 32 Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditoriums, five Guinness World Records Museums and four Louis Tussaud’s Wax Works – many of which hold items from Ripley’s own personal collections. The Niagara Falls, Ontario, Odditorium reopened in May 2016 after a six-month, top-to-bottom makeover. “Ripley’s has been entertaining Niagara Falls visitors for more than 50 years,” said Tim Parker, Ripley’s Niagara Falls general manager. “We’re now proud to offer our biggest and best experience yet.” Here, visitors can also see a rickshaw carved from jade and an actual segment from the Berlin Wall.