Somewhere Over the Rainbow Almost Not in Wizard of Oz

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MINI BELIEVE IT OR NOT –

The song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” was twice cut from The Wizard of Oz because the directors thought it was too long and slow.

The entire song isn’t even three minutes long
The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song
It became the signature song of Judy Garland’s career
It’s one of the most popular songs on the 20th century and has been covered hundreds of times



MINI BION
“BIONs” – short for Believe It or Not – is the word we use at Ripley’s to refer to anything that is unbelievable and worthy to become part of Ripley’s lore and collection.

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