Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 23, 1999

Transcript:

A research company in London, England, has developed a smart garbage can that can read barcodes and support its own waste into separate recycling compartments! The bin also records which items the household has run out of and needs to replace! In Italy during the 16th century Catherine de Medici ruled that women should have a waste that measured no more than 13 inches and she designed a steel hinged corset to help them achieve the goal! Gasp! Hilmar Moore was appointed mayor of Richmond City, Texas, in 1949 and has been elected to office consistently for the past 50 years!