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Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Pizza! Bagels! Cheesecake! Street meat! When it comes to New York City dining, it's hard to make a bad choice. The food-famous city may be known for its cl...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! There is a group of very tiny, translucent jellyfish known by the scientific name Turritopsis dohrnii that lives in oceans around the world, and they've ea...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The word "sinkhole" strikes fear in many - the very thought of the Earth's land collapsing right below your feet sending a shiver down the spine. However, ...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Few moments beat the cinematic brilliance of Gene Wilder channeling Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in 1974's Young Frankenstein. As he waits for the monster he...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Who walks the stairs without a care and makes the happiest sound? But of course, it can only be the Slinky! A crowd-favorite classic coil toy, the Slinky h...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! A seven-year-old boy in Moscow learned a tough lesson about timing in chess last week when his robot opponent made a move that ended with a broken finger! ...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Approximately 90 miles off the coast of Brazil is the tiny island Ilha da Queimada Grande, which would be a beautiful place to spend an afternoon… if...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! You may have taken some precautions while eating this crunchy snack as word on the street is that their tiny seeds can kill you! Well, it turns out that's ...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! In the Middle Ages, a curious theme developed across parts of Europe known as the Dance of Death or Danse Macabre (via Oxford Bibliographies). Both a visua...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! *We recommend playing "Running Up that Hill" for dramatic effect while reading this story.* A 53-year-old Colorado man completed the trek up a 14,115-foot ...