Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 26, 2000

Transcript:

Jose Ordonez of Bogotá, Colombia, told 10,000 jokes and a 3 day marathon for charity! That's 62 consecutive hours of fun! Don't tell me if you've heard this one... Partygoers in northern Lapland celebrated the new millennium at a deserted cairn of stones that marks the spot where the borders of Russia, Finland and Norway meet! When the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef died in 1916, he had steadfastly refused to ever use such modern devices as a car, a telephone or a laboratory!