Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
Doctor Discovers Four Bees Living Inside A Woman’s Eye
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [April 7-13th, 2019] Bees living inside a woman's eye, the first photo of a black hole, a Roomba on the lam, and the rest of the week's weird new...
Apr 12, 2019
Why No One Wears The Mafia’s Infamous Cement Shoes
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Have you ever heard the phrase "sleeping with the fishes" or so-and-so "sleeps with the fishes?" You've probably heard it in a mobster movie or talked to s...
Apr 11, 2019
The Curious Skull Binding Rituals Of New Britain
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Cranial manipulation and deformation can be found throughout the world. While some cultures elongated their skulls to seemingly impossible lengths, others ...
Apr 10, 2019
Typo-Riddled Harry Potter Book Sells For $90,000
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [March 31-April 6th, 2019] Rowling's typos, a judge's accidental resignation, cookie boxes filled with spiders, and the rest of the week's weird ...
Apr 08, 2019
Boston’s Bodega Is The City’s Best Worst-Kept Secret
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! BOSTON-Jamel Alvarez just had to see it for himself. "Is this it?" he asked, peering down the alley. "No way!" His voice displayed his disbelief. "Oh, man!...
Apr 08, 2019
The Great Space Mirage: Stars Don’t Twinkle
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Do Stars Twinkle? "Twinkle, twinkle, little star." They must get tired of us saying that to them because the truth is stars actually don't twinkle. Even th...
Apr 05, 2019
This Ivory Cricket Cage Belonged To A Prized Fighter
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Believe it or not, people in China once kept fighting crickets as highly prized pets. Emerging during the Tang Dynasty more than 1,000 years ago, cricket f...
Apr 02, 2019
Russia’s 28-Million-Liter Fruit Juice Flash Flood
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The sleepy town of Lebedyan, Russia, located 235 miles south of Moscow, doesn't often make international headlines. A city of 21,012 residents, it boasts t...
Apr 02, 2019
The Largest Known T. Rex Roamed Canada
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [March 24-30th, 2019] Giant dinosaurs, mysterious cat phones, a birding league, and the rest of the week's weird news from Ripley's Believe It or...
Apr 01, 2019
Vintage Football Protection Could Do More Harm Than Good
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The first game of American football is said to have taken place on November 6th, 1869. Though it bore little resemblance to the sport showcased at the Supe...
Mar 29, 2019
