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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.
Ripley Radio interview
Robert Wadlow, the tallest man to ever walk the earth at 8 feet 11 inches tall, is featured this week in two different segments of the Ripley Radio Oddcast. The new book from Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, Download the Weird, is a revolutionary combination of printed book and downloadable ...
Colored Poop
Monday, December 10, 2012 · 1 Comment
Based on medical research, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and James King’s design piece Scatalog demonstrates how special E. chromi bacteria can be used to change the color of a person’s poop to indicate the presence of a disease in the body. A team of biologists from Cambridge University genetically engineered the ...
Super Stomach
Sunday, December 9, 2012 · 1 Comment
Louis Cole from London, England, has an appetite that defies belief. The daring digester has eaten some of the most disgusting things imaginable for his internet videos, including 21 live locusts, over 600 wriggling mealworms in one sitting, and one very large and active scorpion–the creature’s stinger was sensibly left ...
The Sacramento Bee Review
Between the lines: It’s a Ripley Situation. For sheer amusement and guaranteed shudders, no books are as simultaneously quirky, rollicking, entertaining and educational as the “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” series. Typically, the hundreds of bizarre color photographs are gripping and gross, shocking and ridiculous – above all, loads of ...
Your Uploads!
Bird with no eyes! Poultry breeder Diane Kolpin from Lake Placid, Florida, sent us this picture of a baby chicken without any eyes. The bird had no eye sockets at all–just skin and feathers where its eyes should be– yet, given loving care, it has grown into a healthy, if ...
Tight Fit
A bullock in Ayrshire, Scotland, was rescued by animal charity officers after getting its head stuck between the rungs of a ladder in its field in August 2011. The Belgian blue bull was returned to its herd unharmed after the unfortunate incident. Download The Weird features incredible people such as ...
Mom Luck Review
Ripley Publishing has done it again with the September launch of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Download the Weird, and all-new collection of unbelievable stories from around the world. My son is a HUGE fan of Ripley’s Believe it or Not! so anytime we get the chance to check out ...
Calf Born With The Longest Tail
Monday, November 26, 2012 · 1 Comment
Ripley’s Weird Record! A calf born on Jennifer Showalter’s farm in Fairfield, Virginia, on September 15, 2011, had a tail that was 60 in (1.5 m) long! Calves’ tales are usually between just 5 and 8 in. (13 and 20 cm) long. Download The Weird features incredible people such as ...
Finger Funeral
The Dani tribe from the island of New Guinea had an unusual method of mourning their dead relatives. It was customary for females to have one or two fingers chopped off at the first joint when a family member died, eventually leaving some with only shortened stumps. Observers have reported ...
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