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Weird True Facts (WTF! Blog)

Weird True Facts (WTF! Blog)

Welcome to Ripley’s Weird True Facts!, the place online where you can get your Daily Dose of Weird. Following Ripley’s 90 year old tradition of bringing people the odd, bizarre and unusual from around the world, Weird True Facts! features daily stories that are unbelievably weird but undeniably true!

Nope, not a photograph!

Nope, not a photograph!

Pencil Sketches Diego Fazio is a 24-year-old self-taught artist from Italy, but he is better known as DiegoKoi.
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Airport Adjacent

Airport Adjacent

Please return your tray tables to their upright and locked positions When you imagine a tropical paradise, you will be hard pressed to find a more beautiful island than Saint Martin.  Cool blue waters, white sandy beaches, fancy drinks with umbrellas in them…you name it they got it.
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The Science of Water Bears

The Science of Water Bears

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!
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The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Motionography Luca is a little boy who just received the most unbelievable gift.  He was photographed as if he were in motion.
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Bob Ripley owes Ted Rosen $50

Bob Ripley owes Ted Rosen $50

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!
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The Science of Meat-Eating Plants

The Science of Meat-Eating Plants

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!
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Lunchtime Fun, Part II

Lunchtime Fun, Part II

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!
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Kelly Mill's Believe It or Not! Odditorium

Kelly Mill’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium

It all started with a tweet…
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The Science of Vinegar Eels

The Science of Vinegar Eels

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!
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A Curious Man

A Curious Man

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.
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