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Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Widely considered the father of modern magic, French performer Jean-Eugne Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) discovered his deep-rooted love for these tricks at a y...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! It was a great week for the Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, as the apex predator clawed its way back into the headlines - giving hope for resurrection 86 ye...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Crakows, also known as the poulaine, were a popular style of pointed and elongated shoes favored by nobility during the medieval period. The shoes featured...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Before influencers and advertisements, fashion relied on other factors to steer trends - including deadly diseases. One of the oldest diseases in human his...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! A mass of fireballs streaked across Puerto Rico's skies in early February 2022 in a dramatic and otherworldly display. Was it America's second Roswell? Or ...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! About 6,844 miles away from Beijing, where the U.S. National Team continues to glide their way to the Olympics podium, a rescue dog took to a New York ice-...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! With the Super Bowl days away, Ripley's Aquariums MVP - most valuable penguin - Fleury, has made her prediction. The four-year-old African penguin has plac...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! It may be the biggest sporting event of the year, but there's so much more to this grand spectacle that draws in millions and millions of viewers. Every Fe...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! When one thinks of Russia's favorite drink, vodka comes to mind. But what if another, softer drink captivated the hearts of the Soviet Union? In one of the...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! What comes to mind when you hear the term "headshrinker?" Perhaps psychologists and psychiatrists? Or maybe you think about groups like the Jivaro of north...