Category Archives: Weird News – Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
The Real-Life Origins of 15 Movie Monsters
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Most people think superhero movies when it comes to blockbuster films that rake in the big bucks. It's not uncommon for them to regularly cross the $1 bill...
Nov 23, 2022
Study Suggests T. Rex 70% Larger Than Previously Thought
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Regarding the king of the Late Cretaceous jungle, few animals compared to the Tyrannosaurus Rex. This massive and toothy monster once stalked the planet, s...
Nov 22, 2022
Tracy Ealdama Makes Lifelike Miniatures
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Meet Tracy Ealdama, a self-taught artist from Toronto, Canada that crafts miniature models of stores, buildings and more found in and around Toronto. MINIA...
Nov 21, 2022
How This Artist’s Work Shifts Your Perspective of the Universe
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! UK artist Luke Jerram creates surreal scenes using massive, illuminated orbs of the Earth, Mars, and the moon, measuring up to 33 feet (10 m) in diameter! ...
Nov 18, 2022
The Mysterious and Dark Origins of 10 Classic Nursery Rhymes
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Nursery rhymes are among the most memorable aspects of childhood. Early exposure to them helps children develop budding literacy. In fact, early childhood ...
Nov 17, 2022
The City Built Atop a Crater and Riddled with Diamonds
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! They say diamonds are forever and Believe It or Not!, there’s a town in Germany that’s loaded with them thanks to an ancient meteorite impact! ...
Nov 16, 2022
What Happens to Your Body When You’re Struck by Lightning
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Lightning strikes on humans are rare, but they can wreak havoc on the body. Between 2006 and 2021, 444 people died from lightning strikes in the United Sta...
Nov 16, 2022
Volcanic Activity on the Moon? It’s More Recent than You Think
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Billions of years may sound like a long time to most people, but when it comes to scientific research and more specifically, geology, it's all relative. Th...
Nov 15, 2022
Lost and Found: Ripley’s Resurfaces Lost Apollo 11 Moonwalk Reels
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! In 1890, William Dickson unveiled the Kinetograph, making the first moving pictures possible. Within two years, he debuted the Kinetoscope, which projected...
Nov 14, 2022
Werner Härtl Creates Beautiful Paintings… Out of Cow Poop
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! German artist Werner Hrtl creates intricate paintings celebrating Bavaria's rural heritage while using a surprising medium: cow dung! Poop Portrait Despite...
Nov 10, 2022