MINI BELIEVE IT OR NOT –

The song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” was twice cut from The Wizard of Oz because the directors thought it was too long and slow.

  • The entire song isn’t even three minutes long
  • The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song
  • It became the signature song of Judy Garland’s career
  • It’s one of the most popular songs on the 20th century and has been covered hundreds of times

MINI BION

“BIONs” – short for Believe It or Not – is the word we use at Ripley’s to refer to anything that is unbelievable and worthy to become part of Ripley’s lore and collection.