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September 11, 2023
Toilet paper wasn't splinter-free until the 1930s!
Sunday cartoon! - September 10, 2023
While filming "The X-Files" series with David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, who stands 10 inches shorter, stood on an apple box.
September 9, 2023
In 2023, a 13-million-ton seaweed blob that is twice the width of the U.S. officially hit Florida's coast!
September 8, 2023
In 1954's "Godzilla," the monster's roar was created by rubbing a leather glove coated in pine resin against a double bass string!
September 7, 2023
During Restaurant Day in Finland (four time per year), people can open food stands, bars, cafes or restaurants anywhere in the country.
Vintage & Historical
The dark history of how nostalgia was understood by early medicine.
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!
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 24, 2026
In 2023, king penguin Sir Nils Olav of the Edinburgh Zoo was promoted to Major General Sir Nils Olav III with honors.
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.
