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A man walks past a display of "Bumblebee - Car Parts Transformer" at the newly-renovated Ripley's Believe it or Not museum along Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. According to Ripley's, the Bumblebee model on display stands over 8 feet tall and was built in Thailand entirely from used automobile parts. AFP photo / Frederic J. Brown
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Pedestrians walk past the display "Elizabeth Taylor - Junk Mail Art" at the newly renovated Ripley's Believe it or Not museum along Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. According to Ripley's, Sandi Schimmel of Phoenix, Arizona, uses junk mail to create colourful mosaics in a process the artist calls "upcycling", with this displayed portrait featuring Oscar-wining Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor as "Maggie the Cat." AFP photo / Frederic J. Brown
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Pedestrians walk past the newly renovated Ripley's Believe It or Not museum along Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. AFP photo / Frederic J. Brown
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A visitor to the newly renovated Ripley's Believe it or Not museum along Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood sits beside a mannequin of the Unicorn Man in California. AFP photo / Frederic J. Brown
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A display "Liz Taylor-Stamp Art" is seen at the newly renovated Ripley's Believe it or Not museum in California. According to Ripley's, Peter Mason of the UK created this portrait of Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor using only postage stamps which date back to the 1950's and 1960's, the heyday period for the actress. AFP photo / Frederic J. Brown
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A man is reflected on the glass enclosure of of the display "Telephone Book Carving -Clint Eastwood" at the newly renovated Ripley's Believe it or Not museum along Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. AFP photo / Frederic J. Brown
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Visitors to the newly renovated Ripley's Believe it or Not museum along Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood enjoy their shooting games in California. AFP photo / Frederic J. Brown
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A woman and child visit the newly renovated Ripley's Believe it or Not museum along Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. AFP photo / Frederic J. Brown
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On display is "Telephone Book Carving - Ringo Starr", drummer of the Beatles, by Alex Queral of Philadelphia, who carves life like portraits out of telephone books, at the newly renovated Ripley's Believe it or Not museum along Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. AFP photo / Frederic J. Brown
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