Category Archives: Weird News – Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Unless you were living under a rock, you probably know how groundbreaking July was surrounding the conversation of life outside of our planet. Retired mili...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! It is an oft-repeated and well-known fact that blue whales are the largest animal in the world - but a recent discovery in Peru means they may possibly no ...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! It's no secret that the Egyptian pyramids of Giza are world-famous and beloved by all. But did you know that there are other pyramids around the world in p...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The humble yet magnificent hippopotamus deserves acknowledgment. A big-ticket item in any safari trip or park visit, these salad-loving powerhouses are tru...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! It's the stuff of nightmares. As climate change accelerates, scientists are beginning to uncover ‘zombie viruses’ in the melting permafrost. Al...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Whether we're talking Margate, New Jersey's Lucy the Elephant, California's Cabazon Dinosaurs, or Gold Hill's Oregon Vortex, roadside attractions have deco...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Up Close & Peculiar More than 100 years ago, the globetrotting Robert Ripley began collecting artifacts from his journeys around the world, which today...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Earlier this month, astronomers discovered that an asteroid the size of a skyscraper flew quite close to Earth-but they did not know about it until two day...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Once upon a time, deep in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, a transplanted slice of the American dream sprung to life. This is the almost forgotten story...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! When you hear the word "shark," what comes to mind? For many, movies like Jaws, The Meg, or The Shallows feature front and center. Over the years, these bl...