Category Archives: Ripley’s Weird News
Guallame Duchenne: The Smile Doctor’s Experiements
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Duchenne Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne was a French neurologist in the 1800s. He was a trailblazer in learning how nerves used electricity ...
Jun 22, 2017
You Can Be Blessed, Married, and Taught by a Robot
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Robot I don’t know about you, but the thought of The Terminator movies coming to life has haunted me even to this day. While most people might not th...
Jun 21, 2017
A Girl Was Frozen in Sub-Zero Temperatures And Survived
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Frozen On An Arctic Night in 1980 On a chilly night in Minnesota, a girl found herself seeking shelter in 22-below-zero temperatures. Within her view, Jean...
Jun 21, 2017
ASMR: Why Whispering Gives Some People the “Tingles”
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Cool Stuff, Strange Things Hosted by Ripley’s lead researcher, Sabrina Sieck, let Ripley’s Believe It or Not! introduce YOU to the coolest stuf...
Jun 21, 2017
Have You Ever Played with a Ouija Board?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ouija Origins To many, the Ouija board isn’t just a game teens bust out during their slumber parties, but merely a work of art, and yes, a way of com...
Jun 21, 2017
First Ever Two-Headed Porpoise Discovered
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Two-Headed Porpoise A two-headed porpoise was caught in a net by Dutch fisherman in the North Sea, this harbor porpoise is the first of its kind ever disco...
Jun 21, 2017
New Fossils Are Oldest Homo Sapiens Ever Found
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Oldest Homo Sapiens The oldest known humans previously found were 195,000 years old, but new remains found in Morrocco date back over 300,000 years. Th...
Jun 21, 2017
Centralia, PA — the Ghost Town That’s Still on Fire
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! History Here at Ripley’s, we love to remind our readers of weird historical events. Whether it’s a river of molasses in Boston or a freak plane...
Jun 21, 2017
The Top 10 Strangest and Wackiest of Father’s Day Gifts!!!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Father’s Day Believe it or not, Father’s Day is just around the corner! Relax, don’t worry. We have an array of fascinating gift ideas to...
Jun 21, 2017
Cooking With Cannibals on Cool Stuff, Strange Things
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Cool Stuff, Strange Things Hosted by Ripley’s lead researcher, Sabrina Sieck, let Ripley’s Believe It or Not! introduce YOU to the coolest stuf...
Jun 21, 2017