Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
Scientists Classify Exploding Ant Species
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Exploding Ants Scientists have just named a new ant species in the forests of Borneo. It's called the Colobopsis explodens, and-like the name suggests-it e...
Apr 25, 2018
Kapala: The Tibetan Skull Bowl
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Skull Bowl From the far reaches of Tibet, this traditional skull bowl-known as a kapala-was used to make offerings to the deities of the mountains. A ritua...
Apr 24, 2018
Halloween In Spring: Saint Mark’s Eve Is A Day You Can See Ghosts
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Saint Mark's Eve While it's easy to see why the frightening festivities of Halloween fall in Autumn when the greenery has dried out and the cold death of w...
Apr 24, 2018
5 Weird Stories from the History of Embalming
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! History of Embalming More than 5,000 years ago the Ancient Egyptians developed the first embalming rituals to preserve lost loved ones. But, let's get real...
Apr 23, 2018
Angry Badger Takes Over Tunnel In Scottish Castle
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [April 15-21st, 2018] A hot pepper causes a rare type of headache, ketchup makes a controversial transition, and a badger takes over a Scottish c...
Apr 23, 2018
Thomas Edison Did Not Invent The Light Bulb
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Edison and the Light Bulb While many of you may be reading this in a den or living room, or even if you're sitting in a classroom, the chances are good tha...
Apr 20, 2018
Believe It or Not! Dogs Can Be Allergic to Humans
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! A Dog Allergic to Humans Spring has sprung, and with the longer days and warmer weather comes one dreadful thing: Allergies. Believe it or not, our pets ca...
Apr 20, 2018
Ramses II: The Mummy Who Had To Get A Passport
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ramses II's Passport Believe it or not, in 1976 Pharaoh Ramses II was issued an Egyptian passport for passage to France nearly three millennia after his de...
Apr 19, 2018
Marilyn Monroe’s Ring From “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Marilyn Monroe's Ring In 2016, we purchased the iconic dress Marilyn Monroe wore during her performance of "Happy Birthday" for President John F. Kennedy. ...
Apr 18, 2018
How Shaolin Monks Obtain Their Superpowers
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Shaolin Monk Superpowers Shaolin monks can perform incredible feats of mental and physical prowess that appear impossible. They balance precariously for ho...
Apr 16, 2018
