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January 13, 2024
Budimir Buda Sobat, 54, held his breath underwater for 24 minutes, 33 seconds at a swimming pool in Sisak, Croatia.
January 12, 2024
The town of Codell, Kansas, was hit by a tornado on the same date, May 20, for three consecutive years - 1916, 1917, and 1918.
January 11, 2024
About 500 years ago, the term "bacon" referred to all pork.
January 10, 2024
A small museum in Raeren, Belgium, focuses solely on the humble carrot and is run by the Carrot Cultivator Society.
January 9, 2024
All brooms are hidden away in Norway on Christmas Eve in case they are stolen by witches or evil spirits.
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.