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Sunday cartoon! - March 15, 2026
In 1995, Sean Shannon recited Hamlet's 260-word "To Be or Not To Be" soliloquy in 23.8 seconds - 655 words per minute.
March 14, 2026
The number 17 is considered unlucky in Italy.
March 13, 2026
In Congolese weddings, it is customary for the bride and groom to avoid smiling.
March 12, 2026
The U.S. economy loses around $800 to $900 million every Friday the 13th.
March 11, 2026
Ski ballet was briefly an Olympic sport.
Art & Fashion
Meet the "Fish-Caster" a custom Telecaster with a real preserved piranha sealed in blue 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 12, 2026
A California library hosted “Lucha Libro,” a wrestling-themed story time featuring fights among the bookshelves.
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.
