Under Pressure: Buoyancy Control and Adaptations to Life in the Deep
Animals

Under Pressure: Buoyancy Control and Adaptations to Life in the Deep

Let's dive in and see how buoyancy affects aquatic life!

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Debunking the Five-Second Rule
Food
Engrid Barnett

Debunking the Five-Second Rule

Limited floor time means limited exposure to bacteria, right? Wrong.

Robert Ripley: From Baseball to World Traveler
Vintage & Historical
Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Robert Ripley: From Baseball to World Traveler

Fueled by a love of the bizarre and unusual!

New Year’s Eve Traditions From Around the World
Vintage & Historical
Engrid Barnett

New Year’s Eve Traditions From Around the World

From effigy burning to plate breaking, furniture throwing, and demon visits!

Mari Lwyd: The Winter Ritual of the Horse Skull
Vintage & Historical
Chris Littlechild

Mari Lwyd: The Winter Ritual of the Horse Skull

Ringing in the holidays with a... horse skull?

Up Close & Peculiar With 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'
Pop Culture
Allyson Iovino

Up Close & Peculiar With 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'

The history of stop-motion goes back further than you think.

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Check out trending stories and discover that truth is always stranger than fiction!

Vintage & Historical

Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

The water's frigid temperatures kept the ship in remarkable condition.

Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

People

The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives

They unknowingly forged lives as identical as their DNA.

The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives

People

The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

Tarrare was the walking manifestation of one of the seven deadly sins as he prowled the cobbled streets of 18th-century Paris indulging his endless hunger.

The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

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Science & Technology

Believe It or Not! Total Solar Eclipse Captured for Ripley’s Exhibit Collection

Converging art and astronomy, artist uses the power of the sun to create piece for Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

Believe It or Not! Total Solar Eclipse Captured for Ripley’s Exhibit Collection

Vintage & Historical

Up Close With Ripley's Legendary Fertility Statues

Acquired more than 25 years ago, the iconic statues have become a must-see.

Up Close With Ripley's Legendary Fertility Statues

Animals

Meet Cheddar, the One-in-30-million Orange Lobster

Named after Red Lobster's iconic Cheddar Bay Biscuits®, this unique lobster is an incredibly rare find!

Meet Cheddar, the One-in-30-million Orange Lobster

Animals

Watch the Trained Rats and Cats of Cirque du Sewer

The show with acro-cats and acro-rats!

Watch the Trained Rats and Cats of Cirque du Sewer

Vintage & Historical

Those Four Small Words Can Be Attributed To A 100-Year-Old Cartoon

Believe It or Not! turns 100!

Those Four Small Words Can Be Attributed To A 100-Year-Old Cartoon

Ripley's Daily Cartoon

Ripley's has been presenting the incredible and the unusual in illustrated form since 1918. Believe It or Not!, it is the longest running syndicated cartoon in history!

Yesterday's cartoon

President Calvin Coolidge rode a mechanical horse for a workout.

January 11, 2025

"Nineteen letters long" is 19 letters long.

January 10, 2025

A hummingbird's brain accounts for around 4.2 percent of its body weight.

January 9, 2025

Pigs can sniff truffles out from as deep as 3 feet underground!

January 8, 2025

The earliest passenger planes had wicker seats.

January 7, 2025

Every year, about 700 house fires in the U.S. are started in part by pets and wild animals.

January 6, 2025

Damselfish cultivate and protect their very own algae gardens!

Sunday cartoon! - January 5, 2025

An Apple-1 Computer from 1976, one of the first 200 computers ever built by Apple, sold at auction in November 2021 for $500,000.

January 4, 2025

Wimbledon tennis balls are kept at 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

January 3, 2025

The programming language "Python" is named after Monty Python.
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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Sunday Cartoon! - January 12, 2025

Cartoon of the Day

President Calvin Coolidge rode a mechanical horse for a workout.

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!

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