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May 7, 2024
Toxic water likely played a role in the early decline of the Jamestown Colony.
May 6, 2024
The Beaufort scale, created by Britain's Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort in 1805, is one of the first scales to estimate wind speeds.
Sunday cartoon! - May 5, 2024
Danish traveler Thor Pedersen has visited every country in the world without flying.
May 4, 2024
Did You Know? In 1936, a newspaper poll found cartoonist Robert Ripley was more popular than President Roosevelt.
May 3, 2024
Michael Jackson wanted to play Jar Jar Binks in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy.
Vintage & Historical
A divorcing couple was forced by a judge to split their collection schoolyard pick style.
Animals
One very special two-headed calf survived for 534 days!
Besides pets and zoos, there haven't ever been snakes in Ireland to begin with.
Take things to the next level! Ripley’s twentieth edition annual book is full of all-new, all-true stories from around the world.
March 23, 2026
In 2025, regular record-breaker David Rush snapped 65 cucumbers in 30 seconds!
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.
