Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 10, 1999

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The Perissodus fish, found in Africa's Lake Tanganyika, eats scales from other fish! Each fish can only bite one side- either left or right! Believe It or Not! English contains the most words of any language, including 455,000 active words and 700,000 dead ones! Unused Words Mehan Nasseri, an Iranian refugee, has been trapped without a passport at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris for the last 11 years!