Ripley's Believe it or Not - We Own Weird. Accept No Substitutes

For the people of  Ghana, the best party is the one they have to be boxed up and carried to. St. Petersburg’s death from above. Inca gods prefer their sacrifices young. MORE

The squirting cucumber in action. Sometimes it takes a good teacher and sometimes it takes brain damage to find the artist inside. Row, row, row, row,  row, row, row, row,  row, row, row, row,  row, row, row, row,  row, row, row, row,  row, your boat.  Gently across the Atlantic. MORE

Travel by wheel. Snap goes the trigger plant. Belgium in 3-D!  Unfortunately, it’s still Belgium, Europe’s Delaware. MORE

Blair Academy’s fact was held up a little from it’s original time of scheduled publication.  Since then, they’ve gone on to 30 times! That which doesn’t kill me, allows me to get hit by a train a 2nd time. Dead or alive, everyone gets a number. MORE

Female Birdwings are bigger than some birds. For some people, shearing sheep is serious business.  For others, it’s an excuse to tell New Zealand to suck it. Carl Brewer’s death defying leap! MORE

Would you die to be near your favorite sports team? Freaky egg. The Intertubes to the rescue! MORE

This gaping Darvaza crater dubbed “Hell’s Gate”,  has been smoldering and spewing flames in a remote part of the isolated Central Asian nation, since a Soviet-era drilling accident nearly 40 years ago. At 60 meters wide and 20 meters deep, the crater appeared in 1971 when the ground caved under a drilling rig and exposed [...] MORE

In some cases landfill is just dredged up sand.  In other cases, it’s garbage. The French Balloon Corps was the first of many in that era. A close call. MORE

Data transfer by pigeon isn’t too bad, so long as the pigeon doesn’t get lost or eaten on the way. Annual delivery:  1 snowball and one fatted calf. George Washington got a lot more help than most people know. MORE