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Charles Schulz’s Snoopy Was First a Believe It or Not!

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

From Spike to Snoopy When most people think of the legendary cartoonist Charles Schulz, they of course think of world famous comic strip Peanuts, and the adorable dog Snoopy. Schulz’s first published drawing, however, wasn’t Snoopy … it was a cartoon of his own dog, Spike, sent to Robert Ripley ...

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Volcanic Cooking: An Unbelievable Eatery

Monday, February 20, 2012

Feast your eyes barbeque fans! This oddball restaurant is located on top of an active volcano and is sure to get your kebabs grilling nice and crispy… Powered by a flaming inferno that reaches to a deep pit underground, chefs at El Diablo Restaurant can safely rely on their “kitchen ...

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Unbelievable Feats of Superhuman Prowess

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 · 2 Comments

Next time you have a sore head, spare a thought for Li Xin who has quite literally hit the nail on the head. Many of us think that our job is a big headache, but it’s not for the 47 year old Li Xin from China who spends his whole ...

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Weird Valentine’s Day Chocolates

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 · 2 Comments

Here’s a fun way to break out of the traditional box of chocolates “mold” we’re all used to seeing. We’ve gathered a small collection of “out of the box” chocolates on this time-honored day of love and all the weird, unbelievable and bizarre that comes with it. Enjoy! ...

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The Three Werewolf Sisters

Friday, February 10, 2012 · 1 Comment

Only one in a billion people are affected by an extremely rare condition termed Hypertrichosis Universalis or better known as Werewolf Syndrome. As fate would have it, 3 of 6 sisters Savita, 23, Monisha, 18, and 16-year-old Savitri Sangli, who live in a small village near Pune, central India, inherited ...

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Get the New Pinball Arcade App Featuring Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

Thursday, February 9, 2012

From FarSight Studios The Pinball Arcade is the most accurate and realistic pinball videogame ever created. Building on FarSight’s critically acclaimed pinball franchise, The Pinball Arcade features licensed pinball tables from Bally®, Williams®, Gottlieb® and Stern®, and includes the most popular historical and modern tables of all time. Four tables ...

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Living Among the Dead?

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 · 1 Comment

A megacity where the living must share with the dead Manila North Cemetery is the largest Philippine National Cemetery, also lived here thousands of Philippine poor people. This public cemetery is not silence and ghastly, and every day it is a tremendous hubbub, formed the Philippines features graveyard slums. There ...

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Pillow FIGHHTT!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

China’s workforce has seen their share of stress from working such long hours. There’s no surprise that the country’s citizens are looking for a way to release that stress – most recently, by going to a loud and raucous pillow fight with hundreds of white collar workers and students. Last ...

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A Million Swarovski Crystals + 12 Miles of Yarn + One Small Hole in the Roof

Saturday, February 4, 2012

“Don’t scratch my million pound motor!” Ripley’s Believe it or Not! scales all new heights as a bright red knitted Ferrari enters the popular attraction, while a classic Swarovski-covered Mini-Cooper exits all through the roof of the 5-story building An American Icon Is it a bird? Is it a plane? ...

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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 ...

Episode 91 It’s President’s Week here at Ripley Radio – An On-Demand Oddcast, as we present two amazing and unusual stories you won’t find anywhere else. We hear that President Andrew Jackson may be the biggest party animal the White House has ever seen! Author and presidential historian Jacopo della ...

All of our kids’ adventure books, RBI, are now available as ebooks. Reports of mysterious fires, exploding trees, and unexplained power outages in a remote Rocky Mountain town reach the RBI. Is there any truth in the terrifying stories of a strange figure in the forest with sparks flying from ...