The Real Hoverboard From Back to the Future
An almanac may have been far too powerful to bring to the past, but a hoverboard?
Pop Culture
When Muhammad Ali Tried to Reunite the Beatles
The heavyweight boxer was a confessed Beatles fan!
Get curious!
Dive into a rabbit hole by searching for a specific topic.
Vintage & Historical
The First Radio Broadcast From Underground
Robert Ripley and his crew journeyed 850 feet below the surface.
Vintage & Historical
Did Ripley Have a Heart Attack on TV’s First Reality Show?
Ripley's first TV show is arguably the first “reality” show in history.
Vintage & Historical
Those Four Small Words Can Be Attributed To A 100-Year-Old Cartoon
Believe It or Not! turns 100!
Vintage & Historical
The FBI Had Its Eye on It's a Wonderful Life
“It’s A Wonderful Life had employed two common tricks used by Communists..."
Vintage & Historical
Listen to the First-ever Radio Broadcast Live From a Snake Pit
After milking the snake of venom, the handler drank it!
Vintage & Historical
The Modern-Day Marco Polo's Preferred Passport Stamp: China
Ripley scoured the globe for the unbelievable.
Places
Singapore's 15-Story Car Vending Machine
What car would you buy out of this machine?
Vintage & Historical
Quack Medical Shock Machine From 1899
People believed they could shock themselves into feeling better.
Food
The Caesar Salad Is Not an American Creation
How prohibition dodgers in Tijuana helped make the salad a success.
Daily cartoons
Ripley’s daily fun facts cartoon started in 1918 by Robert Ripley. Stories so bizarre it can only be called “Believe It or Not”
Most read
The best of the best! Read through the most loved stories by Ripley fans just like you.
Our picks
Ripley’s curated list of the most relevant news and articles of the moment
Sunday Cartoon! - February 2, 2025
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!