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

Cuttlefish Crush Self-Control Test
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! [March 1-March 7, 2021] A mysterious sea creature, space hurricanes, and a virtual peek into history-all round-up in this week's weird news from Ripley's B...
Mar 05, 2021

The Iron Maiden: Torture Device Or Sin-Cleanser?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Early Middle Ages had been dubbed the Dark Ages-unfairly considered nothing more than just that: a barbarous period of fascinating and terrifying relic...
Mar 04, 2021

The Fascinating (And Sometimes Bloody) History Of Roller Coasters
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Roller coasters have never been bigger, faster, and fiercer than they are today, but for thrill-seekers, they've been offering the ultimate rush for over 2...
Mar 03, 2021

Black-Footed Ferret Lives On Thanks To Cutie Clone
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! [February 22-February 28, 2021] A bathroom bear attack, cliff-diving coffins, and a secret message from space-all round-up in this week's weird news from R...
Feb 26, 2021

Oscar Wilde And The Creation Of Celebrity Cancel Culture
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! According to Dictionary.com, "Cancel culture refers to the shared attitudes and values within a particular segment of society that lead to such public reje...
Feb 25, 2021

Point Nemo: The Spacecraft Cemetery
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! There's a point in the mighty Pacific Ocean that's so far from humanity, that the closest person to said point at any given moment is likely to be an astro...
Feb 24, 2021

When The Predator Becomes Prey
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Lion eats antelope. Lion dies. Lion’s body becomes the grass. Antelope eats the grass. It’s the circle of life! But, sometimes, this circle spi...
Feb 23, 2021

The Not-So-Magical Mystery Of Stonehenge
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! [February 15-February 22, 2021] A border collie inherits big bucks, frozen creatures discovered in Antarctica, and a twin connection-all round-up in this w...
Feb 19, 2021
The 17th-Century Plan To Trade With Aliens On The Moon
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Oliver Cromwell is one of the most controversial figures in the history of Britain. Following the English Civil War and the execution of King Charles I, he...
Feb 17, 2021

Ernest Hemingway’s Home Is Inhabited By Six-Toed Cats
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Novelist Ernest Hemingway is well-known for his iconic contributions to American literature. The scene in which most of his famous writings were born is no...
Feb 16, 2021