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Sunday cartoon! - July 4, 2021
The first bikini swimsuit was unveiled at a photo shoot in Paris, France. It was created by French designer Louis Réard.
July 3, 2021
One of New York City's oldest bars, Fraunces Tavern, is home to a tooth from a set of George Washington's dentures!
July 2, 2021
Scientists estimate that 2.5 billion t-rexes roamed the earth over the course of several million years!
July 1, 2021
Mississippi still had statewide prohibition in 1966 - 33 years after prohibition was repealed nationally!
June 30, 2021
New York's 843-acre Central Park cost more to purchase than all 600,000 square miles of Alaska.
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.
