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June 4, 2021
In 2019, Beth Bays of Huddleston, Virginia, built a 15-foot-tall recreation of country singer Willie Nelson out of hay dubbed "Will-Hay Nelson."
June 3, 2021
In April 2021, 33-year-old Jesse Larios walked about 400 miles from Los Angeles to San Francisco in a giant teddy bear suit!
June 2, 2021
Canadian singer Joy Chapman recently broke the record for the lowest note sung by a female: C♯₁, the lowest note on a standard piano.
June 1, 2021
Leah Shutkever, a competitive eater from the U.K., holds a whopping 20 world records for her "fast food" antics, including the most jam doughnuts eaten in three minutes (10) and fastest time to eat three pickled eggs (7.8 seconds).
May 31, 2021
The first animal purchased for Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo was a bear cub for $10 in 1874.
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.
