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August 14, 2020
The word "hundred" is derived from the Old Norse "hundrath," which actually means 120!
August 13, 2020
Prince played 27 different instruments on his debut album!
August 12, 2020
George Washington's Continental Army was granted a quart of beer as part of their daily rations.
August 11, 2020
Richard Cadbury invented the first heart-shaped box of chocolates in 1861.
August 10, 2020
Thanks to their Happy Meal, McDonald's is the world's largest toy distributor!
People
One photo from 1958 sent Bekah Burke up onto a row of champagne bottles!
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.
Take things to the next level! Ripley’s twentieth edition annual book is full of all-new, all-true stories from around the world.
August 17, 2026
The University of Applied Arts Vienna allowed an AI named “Flynn” to enroll as a full-time digital art student.
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.
