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July 10, 2020
By the end of WWII, the FBI had a physical database of over 10 million fingerprints - the filing cabinets filled an area larger than a football field!
July 9, 2020
No one knows for sure if lobsters feel pain when boiled alive.
July 8, 2020
Although generally associated with Egypt, less than a quarter of the Nile runs through the country.
July 7, 2020
The peregrine falcon can swoop, or dive, at 200 miles per hour, making it the fastest animal in the world!
July 6, 2020
At the height of their popularity, Beanie Babies made up 10% of eBay's sales.
Pop Culture
From bashing events to a secret society, the Barney hate was real!
Vintage & Historical
This mask tells a story centuries in the making!
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Spring into the strange!
Take things to the next level! Ripley’s twentieth edition annual book is full of all-new, all-true stories from around the world.
May 14, 2026
Some parents in the U.S. claim their children started to speak in a British accent after watching the "Peppa Pig" TV show!
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.
