Top 5: Weirdest Things in Copenhagen
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Top 5: Weirdest Things in Copenhagen

Ripley’s Copenhagen offers exhibits that are sure to leave your jaw on the floor!

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Get lost in a vortex of weird and wonderful stories from Ripley's!

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The Most Unbelievable Robberies Of 2023
People
Engrid Barnett

The Most Unbelievable Robberies Of 2023

Move over George Clooney! These thefts are more bizarre than Hollywood’s version of a Vegas heist. 

Researchers Spot and Film Ocean’s Deepest-Dwelling Fish
Animals
Ripley's Aquariums

Researchers Spot and Film Ocean’s Deepest-Dwelling Fish

Spotted five miles below the ocean's surface in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench near Japan.

Traditional Takedowns: The Wrestling Women of Bolivia
Sports
Kelsey Roslin

Traditional Takedowns: The Wrestling Women of Bolivia

Dressed in layered skirts, sandals, pigtail braids, and bowler hats, the Fighting Cholitas perform in front of hundreds of spectators, tossing each other around with perfectly practiced maneuvers.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Bizarre “Martian Book” Pic
Science & Technology
Ripley's Believe It or Not!

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Bizarre “Martian Book” Pic

The Red Planet’s full of surprises, from faces to Star Trek logos and now a fossilized book.

Fleetwood Mac and the “Rumours” That Defined Them
People
Meghan Yani

Fleetwood Mac and the “Rumours” That Defined Them

What’s old is new again, as Gen Z falls in love with the sounds of Fleetwood Mac.

Most Read

Check out trending stories and discover that truth is always stranger than fiction!

Vintage & Historical

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

People

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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We’re surrounded by the weird and the wonderful everyday – it never gets old – but these are the stories we just can’t seem to stop thinking about

Science & Technology

Believe It or Not! Total Solar Eclipse Captured for Ripley’s Exhibit Collection

Converging art and astronomy, artist uses the power of the sun to create piece for Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

Believe It or Not! Total Solar Eclipse Captured for Ripley’s Exhibit Collection

Vintage & Historical

Up Close With Ripley's Legendary Fertility Statues

Acquired more than 25 years ago, the iconic statues have become a must-see.

Up Close With Ripley's Legendary Fertility Statues

Animals

Meet Cheddar, the One-in-30-million Orange Lobster

Named after Red Lobster's iconic Cheddar Bay Biscuits®, this unique lobster is an incredibly rare find!

Meet Cheddar, the One-in-30-million Orange Lobster

Animals

Watch the Trained Rats and Cats of Cirque du Sewer

The show with acro-cats and acro-rats!

Watch the Trained Rats and Cats of Cirque du Sewer

Vintage & Historical

Those Four Small Words Can Be Attributed To A 100-Year-Old Cartoon

Believe It or Not! turns 100!

Those Four Small Words Can Be Attributed To A 100-Year-Old Cartoon

Ripley's Daily Cartoon

Ripley's has been presenting the incredible and the unusual in illustrated form since 1918. Believe It or Not!, it is the longest running syndicated cartoon in history!

Today's cartoon

The first workers' strike ever recorded was in Egypt in 1152 B.C.

Yesterday's cartoon

Emus cannot walk backward!

February 2, 2026

Pablo Picasso was suspected of stealing the "Mona Lisa" in 1911!

Sunday cartoon! - February 1, 2026

Wasps can remember people's faces.

January 31, 2026

The longest continuous sporting event held in the U.S. is the Kentucky Derby.

January 30, 2026

Alyssa Carson dreams of being the first person to land on Mars and has been training since she was three!

January 29, 2026

Robot wolves were developed in Japan in response to an increase in bear attacks.

January 28, 2026

In 2025, a Pittsburgh-area Facebook group baked 83,427 cookies for a massive exchange.

January 27, 2026

The final minted set of pennies sold for over $16.76 million at auction.

January 26, 2026

Before acting, Jack Black spent one day working as a telemarketer.
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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

February 4, 2026

Cartoon of the Day

The first workers' strike ever recorded was in Egypt in 1152 B.C.

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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