Ripley's Weird News

Organizers have special plans for if the flames go out.

This year’s sustainability-centric Olympics will feature medals made of over 6 million phones, tablets, and laptops!

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.

Despite what you have seen on TV, the device known as an automated external defibrillator (AED) is not meant to restart a heart that has completely stopped.

In other places, family members would eat the ashes of suspected vampires as a remedy for their illness, while others would inhale the smoke as the organs burned.

A South Korean university has developed a commode that makes use of human waste by turning poop into power — and they pay for contributions!

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.”

“What if you could start all over, would you?” That’s the question that launched Britain’s 2016 series, Eden—a show that forgot to tell contestants they were no longer on air.

The remains of eight Christianized Vikings have been discovered in Sweden—including those of twin infants!

Scientists believe the not-so-little critter slid into a limestone crevice on the bottom of a prehistoric lake and was quickly covered by fine silt and clay, which ensured its preservation.