Category Archives: Weird News – Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
The Amazing, If Not Slightly Over-Engineered, Personal Pizza Factory Made Using LEGO
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! What if you could have a pizza factory in your own home? Well, for those who live for the cheese, sauce, and bread combo, there might just be a way to do i...
Oct 15, 2021
Foodies Flood To Waterlogged Thai Restaurant
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Are you on the hunt for a hip new restaurant? Now's a great time to jet set away to Thailand, where recent monsoons have foodies flooding to one riverside ...
Oct 15, 2021
Bring Your Wildest Dreams To Life With Ripley’s And Kids Invent Stuff Out of the Box Invention Challenge!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Have your kids ever dreamed up an invention or object that seemed far out of reach? Perhaps, a doorbell that shoots popcorn? Or a karaoke bucket and mop? O...
Oct 14, 2021
The Physics-Defying State Of Matter Known As Time Crystals
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Remember when you sat through science class and learned about the basic states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas? Well, it's time to revamp your understand...
Oct 14, 2021
Artist Transforms Butterflies Into Poignant Works
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! With their vividly colored wings and as symbolisms of change, butterflies are one of the few insects that people actually love. But with an average lifespa...
Oct 13, 2021
Strumming Up Facts About John Lennon On His Would-Be Birthday
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Born as German bombs rained down on Liverpool, England, on October 9, 1940, John Lennon’s life was remarkable, if not controversial, from day one. Be...
Oct 08, 2021
The Curse of Ötzi the Iceman
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! High in a remote area of the tztal Alps in northern Italy some 5,300 years ago, tzi the Iceman was shot in the back with an arrow. Struck in a main artery,...
Oct 08, 2021
Freaky Three-Eyed Dinosaur Shrimp Emerge from Arizona Desert
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Visitors at Arizona’s Wupatki National Monument were in for a spooky surprise this week when torrential rain summoned hundreds of creepy three-eyed c...
Oct 08, 2021
Cinematic Views From The World’s Tallest Outdoor Elevator
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! At 1,070 feet tall, the Bailong Elevator in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China, is the tallest, fastest, and largest loaded lift on Earth, according to Top...
Oct 07, 2021
Unmasking The Dark History Of The Moretta
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! If you've been invited to a masquerade ball this year and want to wear something that screams "creepy-casual," consider adding a moretta to your ensemble. ...
Oct 07, 2021