Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
Frank Hayes: The Dead Man Who Won a Horse Race
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Frank Hayes Winning usually comes with a lot of pomp and circumstance, but not so much for Frank Hayes who won a horse race despite being dead. On June 4, ...
Jan 25, 2018
Zzyzx: The Town Invented by a Professional Quack
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Zzyzx (ZYE-zix) Not much is known about Curtis Howe Springer's early life. We know he was born in 1896, but whether he ever attended college, taught boxing...
Jan 23, 2018
Ripley’s Guide to Weird Rides Around the World
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Weird Rides Amusement parks can sometimes look the same, sharing many of the same basic rides. Many include roller coasters, scenic tours of the park, drop...
Jan 22, 2018
Largest Key Lime Pie Weighs Over 1,000 Pounds
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [January 14-20th, 2017] An absolutely huge pie, thermometer-breaking temperatures, and a Klingon embassy opens in Sweden. Too Cold for Mercury Th...
Jan 19, 2018
NASA confirms: You Can’t See the Great Wall of China from Space
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Or Not In today's world many misconceptions have been perpetuated-becoming modern day "facts"-when, in reality, myths and hearsay have taken over. Sorry to...
Jan 19, 2018
One Man’s Mission to Clothe Nude Animals for Decency’s Sake
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! No More Naked Animals America in the 1950s was rapt with concern for morality and decency. As the greatest generation returned home to a baby boom, the fam...
Jan 18, 2018
Lithuania’s Barking-Mad Soviet-Era Theme Park Has Barking Dogs and Barking Ex-KGB
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Soviet Six Flags If you've ever wanted to trudge around in the cold while being shouted at in Russian, the could be the perfect vacation spot. Set in a Sov...
Jan 18, 2018
History’s Strangest Celebrity Eating Habits
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Eccentric Eating Habits Celebrities are people too, which is why we are often so fascinated with their everyday actions. Sometimes, hearing about a celebri...
Jan 16, 2018
99% of Sea Turtles Born Female and Waking Up Before Autopsy
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [January 7-13th, 2018] Returning a dead Christmas tree, waking up before an autopsy, and pregnancy test Ikea ads. Returns Dead Christmas Tree Des...
Jan 15, 2018
Ants vs Humans: Who Would Win a Tug of War?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ants vs Humans Defined as the decisive contest for supremacy, tug of war has been the ultimate test of strength since ancient times. The practice is believ...
Jan 15, 2018