Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 30, 2000
Transcript:
Fiction Becomes Back Author Jules Verne's description of the not yet invented periscope in Twenty Tousand Leagues Under The Sea was so accurate that the actual inventor of the instrument was refused and original patent! Believe It or Not! A lump of lard weighing 666 lbs. was displayed at an art show in Manchester, England! Little League baseball pitcher Trevor Decker, age 12, of Redding, Calif., pitched a perfect game! That's 6 innings, 18 batters and 18 strikeouts!