The Internet is Divided Over a Smell Some Can’t Detect
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The Internet is Divided Over a Smell Some Can’t Detect

Can you smell it? The odor splitting the internet.

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Patient Played Saxophone Throughout His Own Brain Surgery
Science & Technology
Meghan Yani

Patient Played Saxophone Throughout His Own Brain Surgery

The doctors studied the music prior to surgery so they would notice any changes.

Surgery Before Anesthetic
Vintage & Historical
Colton Kruse

Surgery Before Anesthetic

Warning: graphic content.

What Does a Self-Portrait Made by an Ai Look Like? Ask Ai-Da
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

What Does a Self-Portrait Made by an Ai Look Like? Ask Ai-Da

Meet Ai-Da, the robot who can paint self-portraits!

Diner Discovers Dinosaur Footprints on Restaurant Floor
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Diner Discovers Dinosaur Footprints on Restaurant Floor

The restaurant's previous life as a chicken farm may have helped preserve the 100-million-year-old tracks.

Lasers Can Transform Plastic Into Diamonds, Scientists Find
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Engrid Barnett

Lasers Can Transform Plastic Into Diamonds, Scientists Find

The shocking discovery that turns trash into a girl’s best friend!

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Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

The water's frigid temperatures kept the ship in remarkable condition.

Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

People

The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives

They unknowingly forged lives as identical as their DNA.

The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives

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The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

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.

The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

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Take things to the next level! Ripley’s twentieth edition annual book is full of all-new, all-true stories from around the world.

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

May 8, 2026

Cartoon of the Day

The town of Kyle in Saskatchewan, Canada, faced a hiccup in the run-up to its November 2024 municipal election: no one ran for mayor.

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.

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