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February 21, 2020
Boise, Idaho, celebrates the new year by dropping a 16-foot-tall steel and foam potato in front of the state capitol!
February 20, 2020
Cologne and perfume were used as protection against the plague because it was believed bad-smelling air spread disease!
February 19, 2020
The CIA uses board games to train its officers!
February 18, 2020
During earthquakes, water vaporizes inside faults, turning it to gold!
February 17, 2020
The waterwheel plant is an aquatic version of the Venus flytrap - it eats mosquito larvae, eelworms and small crustaceans.
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This mask tells a story centuries in the making!
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.
