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August 18, 2021
In 1896, William McKinley became the first U.S. presidential candidate to use the telephone for campaigning.
August 17, 2021
Burlington High School in Vermont is located inside of a former Macy's store, complete with escalators.
August 16, 2021
When sea turtles lay their eggs, they actually create decoy nests to fool predators!
Sunday cartoon! - August 15, 2021
The first solid space food was created by Pillsbury in 1962.
August 14, 2021
Some clothes can take up to 40 years to decompose.
Animals
From 'Ace Ventura' to the Ripley's collection!
Vintage & Historical
The dark history of how nostalgia was understood by early medicine.
A divorcing couple was forced by a judge to split their collection schoolyard-pick style.
Take things to the next level! Ripley’s twentieth edition annual book is full of all-new, all-true stories from around the world.
March 27, 2026
The first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929 lasted only 15 minutes.
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.
