Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 31, 2000

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Believe It or Not! Telesforo Lacobelli is president of the Club del Brutti, or Ugly Club with 20,000 ugly members worldwide dedicated to fighting the cult of beauty! Ferdinand Flocon (1800-1860) took all 22,981 articles, statues, amendments and annotations of The French Civil Code and turn them into a 120,000 word poem! The world's smartest washer A company in Korea has developed a front loading washing machine that will not fill up with soap and water if someone accidentally throws a wool sweater into a hot cycle!