Ripley's Weird News

Let’s dive a little deeper into the magic of suspended animation and the species of brine shrimp known as Artemia salina.

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!

When diehard fans of 19th-century ballet dancer Marie Taglioni got their hands on a pair of her shoes, they did what any true fan would do: eat them.

The first version of this bejeweled book sunk with the Titanic, while the second was destroyed in a Blitz attack on London during World War II.

Just how much blood did these over-the-counter supplements contain? A minimum of five percent cow’s blood.

Measuring about 10 feet long and weighing around 1,300 pounds, the newly discovered amphibian was likely a top predator during its heyday 43 million years ago, earning its name, Phiomicetus anubis — after the ancient canine-headed Egyptian god of death.

Did Jesse James die in 1882? Did he fake his own death, and live on in the guise of J. Frank Dalton (or someone else)? It was a question not even Robert Ripley could convincingly answer.

When it comes to these mysterious signals, they need a lot of energy to reach us. NASA has estimated that for some of them it would be equivalent to the energy that our Sun produces in a year.

When Mount Vesuvius erupted without warning in AD 79, it showered scorching rock and ash onto the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, transforming them—and their former occupants—forever.