Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
The Crocodile Claw War Club Was A Fearsome Weapon
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Maori people of New Zealand migrated into the region from Polynesia in the 13th and 14th centuries. Canoes brought travelers and their customs to a new...
Jan 08, 2019
Journeys to Every Country in the World: Part 2 – Graham Hughes
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! INFORMATION In a blog series, Ripleys.com spoke with travelers who have visited every country. Here's what one traveler, Graham Hughes, experienced. Sittin...
Jan 08, 2019
Gravity-Defying Sculpture Carved From A Single Tree Trunk
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Canadian artist Maskull Lasserre hand-carved his latest work "Schrdinger's Wood"-now retitled "Study of Cord Progression"-from the giant trunk of an ash tr...
Jan 04, 2019
Was The World’s Oldest Person A Fraud? New Research Suggests…
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Or Not In today's world many misconceptions have been perpetuated-becoming modern day "facts"-when, in reality, myths and hearsay have taken over. Sorry to...
Jan 04, 2019
There Is Now Life On The Far Side Of The Moon
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [December 30, 2018-January 5, 2019] A double graduation, killer deal on diamonds, and finally there's life on a celestial body besides Earth. Wor...
Jan 04, 2019
Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Headaches?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Woodpeckers can peck up to 20 times per second. Do they get headaches? Their skulls are separated from their beaks, with an air cushion softening blows. Th...
Jan 02, 2019
You Could Casually Ride An Alligator In the 1900s At This California Alligator Farm
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Would you let your child ride a full-grown 400-pound alligator? Opened in 1907 by "Alligator Joe" Campbell and Francis Earnest, the California Alligator Fa...
Jan 02, 2019
Making Adorably Small Origami Paper Cranes
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! David Kawai, of Ottwa, Ontario, Canada, uses just his fingers to make teeny tiny origami cranes. After a friend taught him how to make full-sized paper cra...
Dec 26, 2018
Some Animals That Are Much Blinder Than Bats
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Or Not In today's world many misconceptions have been perpetuated-becoming modern day "facts"-when, in reality, myths and hearsay have taken over. Sorry to...
Dec 26, 2018
Deer Poacher Sentenced To Watch Bambi While In Prison
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [December 16-22nd, 2018] Nunchucks for everyone, some really smelly socks, and a prison sentence that fits the crime. Smelly Socks Send Man To Ho...
Dec 26, 2018
