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June 2, 2023
E.E.L.S (Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor) is a snakelike robot developed by NASA that may one day search for life on one of Saturn's moons.
June 1, 2023
The U.S. has an average of just eight public toilets per 100,000 people.
May 31, 2023
During the 19th century, doctors recommended growing a beard as a way to prevent illness!
May 30, 2023
Sugar was only available to the rich in 18th-century England, and it's said that some people would blacken their teeth with coal or other materials to appear wealthier!
May 29, 2023
The Beatles song "Martha My Dear" was named for Paul McCartney's pet sheepdog!
Pop Culture
From bashing events to a secret society, the Barney hate was real!
Vintage & Historical
This mask tells a story centuries in the making!
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Spring into the strange!
Take things to the next level! Ripley’s twentieth edition annual book is full of all-new, all-true stories from around the world.
May 11, 2026
By eating insects, bats provide pest-control services that save the U.S. agriculture industry over $1 billion per year!
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.