Robert Ripley visited 201 countries and territories during his lifetime!
In December 1922, Ripley embarked on a four-month-long adventure that would take him around the world for the first time. He would eventually become a member of the exclusive Circumnavigators Club, traveling by train, steamship, army transport, rickshaw, sedan chair, elephant, horse, camel, and on foot!
November 11, 2026
Cartoon of the Day
Tire machèt is a Haitian fencing sport in which competitors wield machetes.
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated daily cartoon. Howie Noel is the ninth artist in over a century to take up the pen as lead Cartoonist.