Bloodletting Knife: The Ancient Cure-All
Charles II was bled of 24 ounces of blood before he died.
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Ripley’s video archive is an eclectic collection of videos from our popular TV show, behind the scenes footage from The Vault, and Ripley’s Originals.
Ramses II: The Mummy Who Had To Get A Passport
They didn’t want him getting kidnapped!
Clepsydrae: Liquid-Stealing Water Clocks
The Greeks even used these water clocks as timers in brothels.
The 1950s Science Kit That Had Real Uranium
The inventor suggested kids play hide and seek with a gamma-ray source.
The Thief-Hunting Skeletons Of Citipati
The skeletons enter a state of dancing furor.
America’s Secret Unmanned Space Plane That Only The Air Force Has Answers To
Only the Air Force knows where it is, what it’s doing, or when it will return.
Wielding Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber
Not as clumsy or random as a blaster…
Smokejumpers: The People Who Skydive Into Wildfires
They’re the special ops of firefighters.
The Lunacy Of Light Medicine: Spectro-Chrome Metry
Green light each day keeps the gangrene away?
That Time The U.S. Military Accidentally Dropped An Atomic Bomb
An airman accidentally pulled the manual release, sending the bomb crashing through closed bomb bay doors.