Author Archives: Syndicated Content

The Irony Of The Man Who Made Himself Immune To Poison
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! You don’t need to be the biggest ancient history buff to know that the Roman army was among the greatest military forces the world has even seen. Whe...
Mar 02, 2023

Saskatchewan Country Closeup – Shantaia
Shantaia joined us on the phone to talk about her brand new album, Country At The Creek and what’s on the way. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/755/files/2023/03/shanta...
Mar 01, 2023

Nostalgia Was Once Considered A Mental illness?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ah, nostalgia. It’s Spice Girls dolls, Delia’s catalogs, and MySpace for the Millennials out there, but go back a few centuries ago and nostalg...
Mar 01, 2023

Ripley’s in Talks to Purchase the Real Cocaine Bear
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Thanks to a video asking Kentucky for Kentucky, a state-devoted souvenir shop in Lexington, to name their price, Ripley's Believe It or Not! is now in nego...
Feb 28, 2023

Da Vinci Discovered Aspects of Gravity Centuries Before Einstein
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Believe It or Not!, Leonardo da Vinci understood gravity in the 1500s, long before Galileo, Newton, and Einstein came up with their own theories about the ...
Feb 24, 2023

The Strange and Tragic Story of Kentucky’s ‘Cocaine Bear’
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! You don't have to look far to find bizarre tourist attractions around the globe. San Luis Obispo, California, boasts Bubblegum Alley, where you can visit a...
Feb 23, 2023

Poison Control: Could Humans Become Venomous?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Poison Ivy. Spider-Man 2099. Omega Red. These toxic comic book characters use poison-based attacks to defeat their opponents. But can mere mortals be capab...
Feb 22, 2023

Find Hot Moons in Your Area: The Search for Planet Nine
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially demoted Pluto from the beloved ninth planet to one of five dwarf planets; the universe hasn'...
Feb 21, 2023

Ripley’s Round Trip: Seriously Weird Travel Destinations
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! We have an island run by cats, an eerie network of tombs underneath Paris and the world's deadliest hiking trail. On the first episode of Ripley's Round Tr...
Feb 17, 2023

Hazy Skies In Impressionist Artwork Illustrated… Air Pollution?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The hazy landscapes favored by impressionist artists in the mid-18th to 20th centuries were not just dreamy depictions of nature-they were a reflection of ...
Feb 17, 2023