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The Little Prince

Friday, May 17, 2013

Motionography Luca is a little boy who just received the most unbelievable gift. He was photographed as if he were in motion. Now, that might not seem like an amazing feat to you or me, but Luca is a very special little boy. He suffers from muscular dystrophy. Muscular Dystrophy ...

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Bob Ripley owes Ted Rosen $50

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The Indestructible Man Ted Rosen is a successful lawyer, loving father, caring husband, and military hero. In 1945 Robert Ripley himself dubbed Ted as “The Indestructible Man”, and Ted claims Ripley still owes him $50 because of it! Don’t worry Ted, we got you covered! While serving in World War ...

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The Science of Meat-Eating Plants

Monday, May 13, 2013

Ripley’s & Science North Ripley’s has teamed up with Science North to bring you The Science of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, a 6,000 sq ft highly interactive traveling exhibit. Each week the staff scientists of Science North are going to be blogging the scientific side of Ripley’s! Attack of ...

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Lunchtime Fun, Part II

Friday, May 10, 2013 · 2 Comments

Coolest Mom Ever Last month we blogged about the coolest dad ever, David Laferriere, who for the last 4 years has been drawing on his kids’ lunch bags. Well David, we found your counterpart. Meet the coolest mom ever, Nina Levy! Nina has been drawing on her sons’ lunch napkins ...

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Kelly Mill’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 · 1 Comment

It all started with a tweet… As soon as I saw that tweet, I knew Ripley’s needed to be a part of Kelly Mill Elementary School’s 4th grade Believe It or Not! Odditorium. A couple tweets and an email or two later, and we were in! The 4th grade class ...

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The Science of Vinegar Eels

Monday, May 6, 2013 · 1 Comment

Ripley’s & Science North Ripley’s has teamed up with Science North to bring you The Science of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, a 6,000 sq ft highly interactive traveling exhibit. Each week the staff scientists of Science North are going to be blogging the scientific side of Ripley’s! Acidic and ...

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A Curious Man

Friday, May 3, 2013

The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert “Believe It or Not” Ripley Neal Thompson recounts the life of Robert Ripley, the enigmatic cartoonist-turned-globetrotting-millionaire who won international fame by celebrating the world’s strangest oddities, and whose outrageous showmanship taught us to believe in the unbelievable. New Ripley bio will be released ...

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Twins born 87 days apart

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Unbelievable Twins Amy and Katie just might be the most unbelievable twins ever. Although they are very healthy now, there were complications during the pregnancy which caused the sisters to be born 87 days apart! “I always felt I was going to have twins and even as soon as I ...

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Poisonous Centipede Lives in Woman’s Throat for a week and lives to tell the tale!

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 · 2 Comments

Okay, Maybe the Centipede didn’t “tell the tale”… But the woman sure did. The 55-year-old woman from India went to the hospital because she had been experiencing a tickling sensation in her lower throat for about a week. Finger Lickin’ Good The lady had eaten some chicken and she assumed ...

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Inside the F/X Department

The Process Doing a full body cast on a person is a long and grueling process for both the artists and the model. It is generally done is several stages to ensure the comfort and well-being of the person who is getting cast. The Ripley’s F/X team will generally start ...

Zombification, a Zombie Café & Zombies in Pittsburgh

Episode 143 We take a different view of Zombies this week as we look at the pop culture side of the walking dead. We hear from Tony Rossi, the manager of the Georgia Coffee Shop and Café in the Georgia town where the popular Walking Dead TV series is filmed ...

Over a period of two years, James Ford, an art student in Nottingham, England, collected his own boogers on a daily basis and molded them into a 3/4-in-diameter (21-mm) ball–about the size of a brussels sprout. He collected the boogers in an eggcup and then glued them together to create ...