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Science has revealed historical truths about mummies, but they just can't shake their association with curses, myths, and Halloween.

Kat Long














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I scream, you scream, we all scream for … horse flesh ice cream? Okay, so maybe “we all" don’t. But some people do. A lot of people, in fact. Lobster, foie gras, and ghost pepper, too.

Jennifer M Wood


Kevin Thackwell, also known as Clothes Pin Man, shows his unique talent on Ripley''s Believe It or Not!

Robert Ripley traveled the globe to bring his readers fascinating facts, but it was his lone researcher who came up with most of them while sitting in the New York Public Library.

Jake Rossen