Believe It or Not!
Inside Ripley’s Books
Ripley Publishing has a huge collection of amazing books packed with every conceivable item within the universe of Believe It or Not!. Our fabulous annuals have hundreds of pages in multiple categories of the odd and incredible. Always new, always weird and 100% true. Dive inside our books, including previews into our latest book Strikingly True!, and get online exclusive prices when you buy any Ripley title.
Sinking Feeling
Love, Love, a boat created by French artist Julien Berthier, floats at a constant 45-degree angle to give the impression that it is sinking. Berthier split an abandoned 21-ft-long (6.5-m) yacht, sealed it with fiberglass, repositioned the keel, built a new seat and put two electrical motors underneath the vessel ...
Iron Works Review
If you’re interested in some strange motorcycle stories you might want to check out Download the Weird, the new book from Ripley’s Believe It or Not! The book is an annual collection of bizarre, fun and totally true stories from around the world. But there’s a new twist to Download ...
Market Railway
The Maeklong Market Railway in Thailand runs right through the heart of the market, forcing the vendors to pull back their awnings and move their produce out of the way when the train comes along. Passing just inches from the vendors’ faces, the train ruthlessly crushes any stray fruit or ...
Hair-Raising Insects
Artist Adrienne Antonson from Asheville, North Carolina, bends and weaves real human hair into remarkably detailed insect artworks. On her praying mantis, moths and flies, she uses glue to mold the hair and to hold it in place. Adrienne collects locks of different-colored hair from close friends and family, and ...
Seattle Pi
Enjoy some downright astonishing dog stories from Download the Weird, the new book from Ripley’s Believe It or Not! The book is an annual collection of bizarre, fun and totally true stories from around the world. Read more here: http://blog.seattlepi.com/filmhound/2012/09/25/ripleys-features-norman-the-scooter-dog/ Download The Weird features incredible people such as The Odd ...
Toenail Insects
In Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Strikingly True we featured Rachel Betty Case’s bears made from bellybutton lint. Now we reveal “Human Ivory”, Rachel’s miniature creatures crafted from real human toenails. In 2003, the Pennsylvania artist began collecting the discarded toenails from her art school colleagues and professors, who would ...
Curly Characters
Mayuko Kanazawa, a design student from Tokyo, Japan, created her own bizarre font by photographing the hair on her friend’s leg, arranged to look like letters of the alphabet. Mayuko came up with the idea after her class was challenged to make a font without the aid of a computer, ...
Charlotte’s Library Review
There’s a new Ripley’s Believe It or Not! book out in the world: Download the Weird (September 11, 2012). Those of you who are familiar with these books know how very kid friendly they are–leave out on your coffee table and it will invariably attract any fact-hungry, curious young readers ...
Elf Ears
Kimberleigh Smithbower Roseblade of Vancouver, Canada, underwent complex surgery to acquire a pair of genuine pointy elf ears. Body modification artist Russ Foxx carried out the procedure by removing a piece of Kimberleigh’s ear, then folding the ear over and stitching it shut. Kimberleigh had previously worn prosthetic elf ears ...
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