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November 3, 2018
There is a 24 percent increase in heart attacks when daylight-saving time begins in the spring (and a 21 percent decrease when it ends).
November 2, 2018
The kiwi fruit is named after New Zealand's kiwi bird. Before 1959, the fruit was widely known as the Chinese gooseberry.
November 1, 2018
The state of Utah mandated the use of the metric system in 1895 but repealed the requirement in 1987.
October 31, 2018
Butterflies not only feed on nectar but also feed on rotting fruit, feces and decaying corpses!
October 30, 2018
A fatality from a black widow spider bite has never been recorded!
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From horses to... cats?
Ripley’s Copenhagen offers exhibits that are sure to leave your jaw on the floor!
Take things to the next level! Ripley’s twentieth edition annual book is full of all-new, all-true stories from around the world.
February 13, 2026
Your liver fluctuates in size!
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.