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February 18, 2023
T. rex fossils have mostly been found in North America!
February 17, 2023
In 2013, Russia reportedly resorted to using typewriters rather than computers in order to protect Kremlin secrets.
February 16, 2023
Around 2011, billionaire sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan had his first name carved into his private island in letters so large that it could be seen from space!
February 15, 2023
More than 28% of Japan's population is over the age of 65.
February 14, 2023
The BrainPort device allows blind users to "see" via electric pulses on the tongue.
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.
