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January 18, 2019
The corpse flower was the official flower of the Bronx for 60 years.
January 17, 2019
Bacon was used to make explosives during World War II.
January 16, 2019
Sweat is technically odorless.
January 15, 2019
Cats can either purr or roar, but can't do both!
January 14, 2019
Ambulances were operated by funeral homes into the 1970s.
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.
