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Whale, whale, whale. What do we have here?
Nature couldn’t make up its mind when it comes to one of the world’s strangest animals.
Were Costello's flailing actions the result of a lifelike nightmare?
Platypus mothers take on the role of both the mammal and the reptile when caring for their eggs and future puggles!
From parrot video calls to spiders blind with hunger, the animal kingdom is stranger than you think.
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The water's frigid temperatures kept the ship in remarkable condition.
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They unknowingly forged lives as identical as their DNA.
Tarrare was the walking manifestation of one of the seven deadly sins as he prowled the cobbled streets of 18th-century Paris indulging his endless hunger.
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 3, 2026
Emus cannot walk backward!
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.