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.

McDonald’s Food Doesn’t Rot… Or Does It?
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

McDonald’s Food Doesn’t Rot… Or Does It?

Under the same conditions, homemade burgers won't decompose either.

Will Eating Apple Seeds Poison You?
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Will Eating Apple Seeds Poison You?

Find out how apple seeds earned their deadly reputation.

Twinkies Aren't the Immortal Snack Cakes You Think They Are
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Colton Kruse

Twinkies Aren't the Immortal Snack Cakes You Think They Are

Do you like Twinkies?

George Washington Carver Didn’t Invent Peanut Butter
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

George Washington Carver Didn’t Invent Peanut Butter

Carver was still an extraordinary scientist, even turning down a job from Thomas Edison.

Stuff Your Face With These Weird Food Combinations
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Stuff Your Face With These Weird Food Combinations

Contrary to what your parents told you when you were young, food is meant to be played with!

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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

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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.

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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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

February 1, 2025

Cartoon of the Day

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

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

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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