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Ripley’s friend and genuine freak, Erik “Lizardman” Sprague, is paying us a visit at Ripley’s headquarters to get himself fully body-casted for a new awesome exhibit. Below is a time lapse of the casting of his head. Awesome stuff!

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Todd Day – www.todd-day.com

Ron Sveden evidently inhaled a pea while eating dinner one day.  The result?  It went into his lung and sprouted!  The plant caused excessive coughing and a collapsed lung! [See Video]

The plant caused excessive coughing and a collapsed lung!

Simply Amazing.  This is Reynaldo Ojeda and his dance partner Claudia Lopez of Bogotá, Colombia.  You gotta watch him dance.  Some people can’t even move this well with two feet!  Wow!

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It’s time for another episode of “Inside the Vault with Edward Meyer”.  In this episode, Edward shows off our latest aquisition, a portrait of Christ on the cross on burnt toast.

Check out Halo, a pitbull with a passion for playing pool!

Thanks to Jane Jeffries, a fan on our Facebook page for sharing this Believe It or Not! with us!

Riche Sowa created his own island paradise that floats on plastic bottles.  The island is totally self sustaining, as he has lots of fruits and vegetables growing, has a bathroom, a solar oven, a comfy hammock, even pets!  He hopes to one day float around the world.  See a clip from an episode of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!:

The island is pretty nice!!

via: Buzzfeed

Watch this parrot do 20 tricks in 2 minutes.  This is all kinds of awesome!

Senegal Parrot performs 20 parrot tricks in just 2 minutes:

1. Wave
2. Nod
3. Turn Around
4. Target
5. Wings
6. Shake
7. Hello
8. Climb Rope
9. Coin Drawer
10. Piggy Bank
11. Flip Card
12. Bowl
13. Play Dead
14. Slinky
15. Fetch
16. Somersault
17. Basketball
18. Bat
19. Slide
20. Ring on Peg

Visit http://trainedparrot.com for information about how to train tricks to parrots.

via: The Daily What

Believe It or Not!, the owners of Koi Acres feed their Koi fish with a baby bottle:

Footage from the YouTube channel of Koi Acres.

via: Weird Asia News

Have you ever thought about creating a digital back up of yourself?  Watch as New York Times reporter Amy Harmon interviews Bina48, a robot who has been embedded with the memories and thoughts of a real woman named Bina Rothblatt.

Created by the Terasem Movement, who also offers the CyBeRev Project.  A website where you can preserve your identity for eternity.  You upload photos, video, audio of yourself, as well as complete tests all in an effort to preserve your being.  Sounds very Total Recall to me. Did you catch her say “conspiring to take over the world”. Scary!

via: The Daily What