Hot Dogs by the Numbers: Fourth of July Traditions
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Hot Dogs by the Numbers: Fourth of July Traditions

On Independence Day, Americans eat 155 million hot dogs each year. That's enough hot dogs to make a line from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles five times!

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The Mad Minds Behind Hellthy Junk Food
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Colton Kruse

The Mad Minds Behind Hellthy Junk Food

They made a grilled cheese volcano in honor of our founder, Robert Ripley!

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Engrid Barnett

Got Milk? Dressing In Dairy Does The Body Good!

Would you wear clothes made out of milk?

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An April Fool's joke for the ages.

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It's National Corn Chip Day. Time to Smell Your Doggo's Feet

Fritos are as old as Johnny Cash and are reminiscent of...dog feet?

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The Exclusive Club Obsessed with Exotic Food

They once claimed to serve wooly mammoth.

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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.

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The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

August 12, 2025

Cartoon of the Day

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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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