Author Archives: Syndicated Content

The Strange and Tragic Story of Kentucky’s ‘Cocaine Bear’
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! You don't have to look far to find bizarre tourist attractions around the globe. San Luis Obispo, California, boasts Bubblegum Alley, where you can visit a...
Feb 23, 2023

Poison Control: Could Humans Become Venomous?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Poison Ivy. Spider-Man 2099. Omega Red. These toxic comic book characters use poison-based attacks to defeat their opponents. But can mere mortals be capab...
Feb 22, 2023

Find Hot Moons in Your Area: The Search for Planet Nine
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially demoted Pluto from the beloved ninth planet to one of five dwarf planets; the universe hasn'...
Feb 21, 2023

Ripley’s Round Trip: Seriously Weird Travel Destinations
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! We have an island run by cats, an eerie network of tombs underneath Paris and the world's deadliest hiking trail. On the first episode of Ripley's Round Tr...
Feb 17, 2023

Hazy Skies In Impressionist Artwork Illustrated… Air Pollution?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The hazy landscapes favored by impressionist artists in the mid-18th to 20th centuries were not just dreamy depictions of nature-they were a reflection of ...
Feb 17, 2023

The Secret to Ancient Sloths’ Aquatic Lives Found
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Between 25 and 4 million years ago, aquatic sloths nearly the size of elephants lived in what is now known as Chile and Peru. These sloths were skilled swi...
Feb 16, 2023

The Tragic Collapse of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! On May 9, 1980, 35 people traveling southbound across the Sunshine Skyway Bridge died after plunging into Tampa Bay, unaware that the structure had partial...
Feb 15, 2023

The 350-Pound Penguin That Once Roamed Planet Earth
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Fifty million years ago, during the Eocene Epoch, the Earth was an unrecognizable wilderness of verdant forests and expansive valleys where tapirs, rhinoce...
Feb 15, 2023

Ripley’s Acquires Forrest Gump’s Box of Chocolates, Among Other New Memorabilia
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Conversation hearts and boxes of chocolates are synonymous with Valentine's Day, but no ordinary candy for Ripley's sweethearts will do. Ripley's Believe I...
Feb 13, 2023

Bones in Viking Burial Grounds Suggest They Loved their Pets
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! More than 1,000 years ago, Vikings sailed west toward England with their pets onboard their ships, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS O...
Feb 10, 2023