Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Werner Härtl Creates Beautiful Paintings… Out of Cow Poop
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! German artist Werner Hrtl creates intricate paintings celebrating Bavaria's rural heritage while using a surprising medium: cow dung! Poop Portrait Despite...
Nov 10, 2022
The War Against Spotted Lanternflies, as Told by a Native Pennsylvanian
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! As someone who was born and raised in Pennsylvania, I am well aware of the weirdness of the Keystone State. From a town that's perpetually on fire to Phill...
Nov 10, 2022
Missing Woman Found Inside 23-Foot-Long Sumatran Python
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The tropical rainforests of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia represent a veritable "Garden of Eden." Millions of verdant acres of lush jungle remain unto...
Nov 08, 2022
Artist Cedric Laquieze Turns Dead Insects Into Fairies!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Netherlands-based artist Cedric Laquieze turns dead insects into fairies! Believe It or Not!, Cedric has created hundreds of these peculiar pixies since st...
Nov 07, 2022
Swiss Break Record with 1.2-Mile-Long Passenger Train
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Swiss have commemorated the 175th anniversary of their first railway by launching a record-breaking 1.2-mile-long passenger train consisting of 100 car...
Nov 04, 2022
There’s a Giant, Unblinking Eyeball in Downtown Dallas
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Everything's bigger in Texas, and this proves no less true in downtown Dallas, where you'll find a 30-foot-tall lifelike sculpture of a human eyeball, red ...
Nov 04, 2022
Washington Woman Attacked by Owl… Twice
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! A Washington woman is currently living in fear of a wise guy neighbor after being attacked twice while walking near her home. Did we mention her neighbor i...
Nov 04, 2022
Does Stress Cause Gray Hair? Yes. Is It Reversible? Also Yes!
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The correlation between stress and gray hair has long been debated, but a new study proves that stress can indeed have an effect on the color of people's l...
Nov 03, 2022
Who Was the First Woman to Bicycle around the World?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! On June 25, 1894, Annie Cohen Kopchovsy, a mother of three from Boston, Massachusetts, set off on a cycling tour of the world that took 15 months to comple...
Nov 02, 2022
Dogue: Raising the Bar(k) on Canine Fine Dining
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Most dog lovers feel elated when they stumble across a restaurant that allows more than service animals through their door. And if an occasional bowl of wa...
Nov 01, 2022