Seek the Strange: Ripley’s Brand New Book Is Packed With the Weird and Wonderful
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Seek the Strange: Ripley’s Brand New Book Is Packed With the Weird and Wonderful

"Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Seek the Strange" is out September 9!

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How Bruce Springsteen Was Inspired By Boardwalk Fortune Teller Madame Marie
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

How Bruce Springsteen Was Inspired By Boardwalk Fortune Teller Madame Marie

Marie Castello became forever immortalized in the rock and roll zeitgeist.

No, “420” Was Never an LAPD Code for Cannabis
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Noelle Talmon

No, “420” Was Never an LAPD Code for Cannabis

Do you know what a code 420 means?

We Bought Han Solo’s Blaster, How Does It Compare to Luke’s Lightsaber?
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Colton Kruse

We Bought Han Solo’s Blaster, How Does It Compare to Luke’s Lightsaber?

Can we finally settle who shot first?

Your Doves Are Pigeons and Other Wedding Lies
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Colton Kruse

Your Doves Are Pigeons and Other Wedding Lies

Will rice make birds explode?

Ripley's Owns Han Solo's Blaster!
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Colton Kruse

Ripley's Owns Han Solo's Blaster!

Unfortunately the Blaster won't tell us who shot first.

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Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

The water's frigid temperatures kept the ship in remarkable condition.

Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

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The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives

They unknowingly forged lives as identical as their DNA.

The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives

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The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

Tarrare was the walking manifestation of one of the seven deadly sins as he prowled the cobbled streets of 18th-century Paris indulging his endless hunger.

The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

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Get lost in a vortex of weird and wonderful stories! Ripley’s twenty-first edition annual book is full of all-new, all-true stories from around the world.

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

September 4, 2025

Cartoon of the Day

Japanese designer Kenji Abe designed a glass bottle that can stand in the sand on the beach!

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!

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