Posts in category Astonishing Humans

This year’s Ig Nobel Prize Awards winners include upside-down rhinos, beards taking a hit, and just how germy sidewalk gum really is.

He creates artwork using both hands at the same time, his right and left hands working independently throughout the remarkable process.

For some celebs, a star on the Walk of Fame isn’t close enough to the cosmos; they’d rather experience the real thing — space!

Only a handful of aerialists, including Erin Blaire of New York City, have cautiously and creatively trained to resurrect this classic circus act known as the hair hang.

Not only can Vasilisa effortlessly complete a slalom course while freestyle dancing, but she can also do it on one leg while skating backward in a single-wheel squat.

Before he could deliver any lines in his iconic accent for “Dracula,” he first had to learn how to speak English. As a stage actor, he learned his lines phonetically before ever knowing the language!

It wasn’t until the 1994 animated series, after years of establishing Carmen Sandiego as a mysterious character, that show writers started to give her a bit more of a narrative.

Full of inspiration, ingenuity, and unbelievable accomplishments, let the latest Ripley’s annual book challenge you to step Out of the Box!

As she embarks on her greatest adventure of all time, let’s pull a few unbelievable facts out of the vault to learn more about the Olympian with a heart of gold, Simone Biles.

Born on May 28, 1888, in present-day Oklahoma, Jim Thorpe was one of the most successful all-around American athletes of the 20th century. King Gustav V of Sweden dubbed him “the greatest athlete in the world.”