Category Archives: Weird News – Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
The Prequel To Pancakes: A Recipe From Ancient Rome
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Nothing screams weekend brunch like a fat stack of pancakes! But before there was fluffy buttermilk batter topped with sugary syrups and whipped cream, the...
Aug 13, 2021
Crime Historian Digs For Answers In D.B. Cooper Mystery
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! BION of the Week Ripley's is constantly on the hunt to find the strangest Believe It or Not! stories, or BIONs, to share with our fellow fans of the bizarr...
Aug 13, 2021
Ben Franklin’s Killer Instrument: The Glass Armonica
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! How It Started We all know Ben Franklin as a Founding Father, writer, scientist, and philosopher, as well as the inventor of the lightning rod, bifocals, a...
Aug 12, 2021
The Humble Beginnings Of Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber
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...
Aug 11, 2021
Nickelodeon Favorites Turn 30: Origins Of Iconic Nicktoons
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Nothing hits a 90s kid right in the nostalgia like a good Nickelodeon throwback. And, honestly, is there anything more quintessentially 90s than spending a...
Aug 10, 2021
Who In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Welcome world travelers! Years ago, computer gamers spent hours traveling the globe, subconsciously learning geography and valuable research skills without...
Aug 06, 2021
Modern Technology Reveals Machu Picchu’s Real Age
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! [August 2-August 8, 2021] Lactating armpits, spooky sumo wrestlers, and the world's most expensive french fries, all round up in this week's weird news fro...
Aug 06, 2021
The First Modern Olympics Gave Out Participation Medals
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! In the spirit of the current Olympic Games, it's only right we travel back in time to the first modern Olympics, held in Athens, Greece, in the summer of 1...
Aug 05, 2021
Step Out Of The Box With Ripley’s Newest Annual Book
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The past year has left little room for stepping outside of our comfort zones. Perhaps many have struggled to find inspiration, discover new ways of creativ...
Aug 03, 2021
Tourists Get Bang For Their Buck With White Whale Sighting
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! [July 26-August 1, 2021] Dumpster-diving cockatoos, white whales, and a man who runs on water, all round up in this week's weird news from Ripley's Believe...
Jul 30, 2021