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August 15, 2019
The dark gray color you see in total darkness is called eigengrau.
August 14, 2019
An avocado is considered a fruit because it is a single-seeded berry!
August 13, 2019
Dendrochronology is the science of calculating a tree's age by its rings!
August 12, 2019
Caffeine serves the function of a natural pesticide in a coffee plant!
Sunday cartoon! - August 11, 2019
"Alliumphobia" is the fear of garlic!
Animals
Mike survived 18 headless months!
From 'Ace Ventura' to the Ripley's collection!
Vintage & Historical
The dark history of how nostalgia was understood by early medicine.
Take things to the next level! Ripley’s twentieth edition annual book is full of all-new, all-true stories from around the world.
March 30, 2026
Women reported feeling more comfort and security sleeping with a dog than with a cat or another person.
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.