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April 12, 2021
"Lego" comes from the Danish phrase "leg godt," meaning "play well."
Sunday cartoon! - April 11, 2021
In the early 20th century, after replacing metal bullets with wax versions, pistol dueling regained popularity!
April 10, 2021
Chinese checkers was created in Germany!
April 9, 2021
In 1954, Ann Hodges of Alabama was struck by a meteorite the size of a grapefruit, and lived!
April 8, 2021
Black widow spider silk was used to make crosshairs during World War II!
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.
