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December 24, 2019
Believe It or Not!, Christmas trees are grown in all 50 U.S. states!
December 23, 2019
Believe It or Not!, Santa Claus was given an official pilot's license in 1927!
Sunday cartoon! - December 22, 2019
In 1951, Harry Truman was the first U.S. President to celebrate Hanukkah at the White House!
December 21, 2019
American cheese was invented by James Lewis Kraft - a Canadian!
December 20, 2019
While filming "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," Tom Hanks discovered that he's related to Fred Rogers, whom he plays in the film!
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 18, 2026
Katie Barden and Erin New's Snapchat streak is more than 4,203 days — over 11 years!
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.
