Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
How Do Some Animals Achieve Biological Immortality?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Immortality has been sought by mankind for millennia, but the secrets may not lie in sorcerous stones or face creams. Believe it or not, some organisms exh...
Mar 29, 2019
A Black Belt Does Not Mean Mastery
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! While obtaining a black belt in the martial arts is a huge accomplishment, the recipient is not a master of the art. In fact, the rank is just the beginnin...
Mar 29, 2019
That Time Scientists Thought Lambs Grew On Trees
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Hindsight is a wonderful thing, isn't it? Imagine the embarrassment we could all save ourselves, if we could see how silly some of our ideas would turn out...
Mar 26, 2019
China Cloned The Sherlock Holmes Of Dogs
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [March 17-23rd, 2019] Sherlock Holmes gets a clone, a steer walks into a Petco, astronauts are struck with space herpes, and the rest of the week...
Mar 22, 2019
The Orphan Trains Of 19th-Century America
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! As the wheels of innovation propelled American cities into a new era of urban development, it would test the need for social services in its biggest civic ...
Mar 22, 2019
Playing Dead Is, In Fact, Not An Act For Possums
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Opossums don't actually play dead when they're threatened. Instead, they involuntarily enter a catatonic state. Possums, as they are commonly called, are m...
Mar 22, 2019
A Pocket Guide To Sumatran Magic
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ritual books known as pustaha were the notes written by Batak shamans learning the sacred mystical arts of their people. Typically written on tree bark wit...
Mar 20, 2019
100-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Eggs
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! While evidence of dinosaurs is considered a generally rare discovery, paleontologists are constantly finding new caches of bones and footprints to dig out ...
Mar 19, 2019
The Royal Pup-ital Wedding: Meghan Barkle And Harry Prince Of Tails
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The two chihuahuas, one dressed in a black royal suit and one in a white wedding dress, complete with a long, billowing veil, were the center of attention ...
Mar 19, 2019
If Camel Humps Don’t Contain Water, What’s Inside?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! While camels can drink as much as 32 gallons of water in less than 15 minutes, the humps on their backs do not hold H2O. Instead, the animals store fat in ...
Mar 19, 2019
