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May 3, 2023
The sound of Darth Vader's heavy breathing is copyrighted!
May 2, 2023
NASA built a wind tunnel in 1965 that could produce speeds of up to Mach 50 - more than 38,000 mph!
May 1, 2023
A black mamba can slither at a speed of 12.5 mph!
Sunday cartoon! - April 30, 2023
The northern cardinal is the most popular state bird, with Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia all picking the species.
April 29, 2023
Marking their territory, hippos spin their tails while defecating to distribute their excrement over a greater area.
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!
Places
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.