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January 27, 2024
Kasim Andac, a tailor from Konya, Turkey, used a sewing machine to make a pair of jeans 0.4 inches long!
January 26, 2024
Oyster shells are recyclable.
January 25, 2024
In 2023, officials at China's Hangzhou Zoo denied reports that a sun bear filmed standing in an exhibit was a costumed human.
January 24, 2024
The closest cousins of whales are hippopotamuses.
January 23, 2024
In 2022, Mathea Allansmith of Koloa, Hawaii, completed the Honolulu Marathon at age 92!
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 14, 2026
Venice was built on wooden piles driven deep into the mud, acting like stilts to support the city.
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.
