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For 30 Years, Garfield Phones Appeared on French Beaches Without Explanation
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How Jim Thorpe Went From Olympic Athlete To Quaint Pennsylvanian Town
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Ripley’s Acquires Forrest Gump’s Box of Chocolates, Among Other New Memorabilia
The prop, signed by Tom Hanks, was purchased at auction for $25,000 by Ripley's Believe It or Not!
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Why We Have Our Best Ideas In The Shower
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Ants vs. Humans: Who Would Win a Tug-of-War?
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The Truth Behind William Howard Taft’s Tub
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Spending a Night at the Haunted Pennhurst Asylum
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Poison Control: Could Humans Become Venomous?
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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!