An 18th-century Massachusetts judge with a peculiar objection to death, and a water-powered railway in England highlight this entry of Ripley’s Believe it Or Not.

You’ll learn how ancient Egyptians soldiers kept their enemies “underfoot” in this first episode of Ripley’s Believe It or Not.

And in the second segment, you’ll hear all about Billy Marshall, a long-lived, ne’er-do-well Scotsman who sired dozens of children with his 17 wives all while he was A.W.O.L. Believe it or not!

Ripley’s Believe It or Not 1 Minute Episodes is a 415-part series created by Robert Ripley, an American cartoonist, entrepreneur, amateur anthropologist, and collector of bizarre facts from around the globe. The series featured little known facts about unusual and exotic people, places and occurrences.