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February 24, 2025
In 1789, George Washington's presidential salary equaled 2% of the total U.S. budget.
Sunday cartoon! - February 23, 2025
Despite their lack of visible ears, penguins have excellent hearing.
February 22, 2025
A survey found that 70% of millennials see pets as their children.
February 21, 2025
The last Saturday of February is World Sword Swallowers Day.
February 20, 2025
In 18th-century London, illegal gin was dispensed through cat-shaped vending machines.
Art & Fashion
Meet the "Fish-Caster," a custom Telecaster with a real, preserved piranha sealed in resin!
Food
A hungover stockbroker, a lust-fighting minister, and a maître d' whose cook went missing—meet the real people hiding on your menu.
People
A dad from Riverside, Illinois, spent 130 hours turning wine corks into a wearable flotation suit!
Take things to the next level! Ripley’s twentieth edition annual book is full of all-new, all-true stories from around the world.
August 13, 2026
In 1980, Minoru Yoshida completed 10,507 nonstop push-ups.
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.
