Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 13, 1999

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The R100 developed in Kawasaki, Japan, is the first robot to identify objects and faces! It also gives greetings and speaks 300 different phrases! A new fad among North American kids is mini skateboards for the middle and index fingers to ride! At the time of the last millennium, people in Germany were so afraid of bears that the very word was removed from their language! Eek! The mammal formally known as bear! The word bear itself actually means the brown one!