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July 8, 2023
28,000, the number of wineries in Slovenia - meaning there is a winery for every 75 people in the country.
July 7, 2023
The "fifth wheel" was a parallel parking tool patented in the 1930s. Surprisingly, it never took off.
July 6, 2023
Kriss Kyle, a British BMX rider, performed tricks on the first floating skate park more than 2,000 feet above the ground.
July 5, 2023
Arnold Schwarzenegger took ballet classes to help him pose in bodybuilding competitions.
July 4, 2023
Loop Biotech, a Dutch startup company, sells mushroom coffins that biodegrade within 45 days of burial!
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 15, 2026
Passengers at a Lithuanian train station are greeted by a 15-foot-tall statue of Tony Soprano.
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.
