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August 25, 2021
In July 2021, at the Corner Bar in Rockford, Michigan, competitive eater Molly Schuyler downed 50 chili dogs in 22 minutes!
August 24, 2021
It's illegal to ride a horse faster than 10 MPH on city streets in the state of Indiana.
August 23, 2021
A pristine copy of "Super Mario 64" from 1996 in its original, unopened packaging sold in July 2021 for $1.56 million.
Sunday cartoon! - August 22, 2021
A 2021 survey revealed roughly 65 percent of Americans believe intelligent extraterrestrial lifeforms exist, and 51 percent think aliens have likely visited earth.
August 21, 2021
Blue eyes are newer to the human race than pottery.
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.
