5 Foods Named After Real People: The Strange Stories Behind Them
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5 Foods Named After Real People: The Strange Stories Behind Them

A hungover stockbroker, a lust-fighting minister, and a maître d' whose cook went missing—meet the real people hiding on your menu.

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Get a taste of the unbelievable things people make with food. Dine out on the absurd stuff people eat. This sampler of the wildest and weirdest foods — and food creations — ever to make the menu will keep you coming back for more.

Debunking the Five-Second Rule
Food
Engrid Barnett

Debunking the Five-Second Rule

Limited floor time means limited exposure to bacteria, right? Wrong.

Does Alcohol Evaporate Out of Food When Cooked?
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Does Alcohol Evaporate Out of Food When Cooked?

Why some boozed-infused dishes might give you a hangover...

The Appalachian Apple Hunter Who Saved 1,200 Lost Varieties
Food
Engrid Barnett

The Appalachian Apple Hunter Who Saved 1,200 Lost Varieties

Tom Brown took "an apple a day" to an entirely new level.

How Long Does It Actually Take to Digest Swallowed Gum?
Food
Ripley's Believe It or Not!

How Long Does It Actually Take to Digest Swallowed Gum?

Your body won’t be able to break the gum base down, even with the help of seven years’ time.

The Origins of Fortune Cookies Are Neither Chinese nor American
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Noelle Talmon

The Origins of Fortune Cookies Are Neither Chinese nor American

Fortune cookie manufacturing changed when Japanese-Americans were imprisoned during World War II.

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Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

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

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

They unknowingly forged lives as identical as their DNA.

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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.

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

February 1, 2025

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NASA has an Office of Planetary Protection, just in case we ever find life on other plants.

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Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!

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