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August 16, 2019
A song that gets stuck in your head is called an "earworm"!
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!
Art & Fashion
The self-taught artist who turned a minor annoyance into a signature style!
People
One photo from 1958 sent Bekah Burke up onto a row of champagne bottles!
Meet the "Fish-Caster," a custom Telecaster with a real, preserved piranha sealed in resin!
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.
