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August 30, 2021
James Goss of Bedford, U.K. has the official world record for the most "flesh tunnels" in his face: 14, all of which measure between 3 and 18 mm.
Sunday cartoon! - August 29, 2021
On June 8, 2021, Lori Keeton of Indiana surfed the wake of a boat for a total of eight hours!
August 28, 2021
An estimated 2.16 billion cups of tea are consumed daily worldwide.
August 27, 2021
One day on Jupiter lasts just under 10 hours, but a year on Jupiter is about 12 earth years!
August 26, 2021
Queen Elizabeth II has met 13 U.S. Presidents.
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.
Sunday Cartoon! - August 16, 2026
In 2025, a Texas pickleball team called The Pickle Breakers played pickleball nonstop for 36 hours.
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.