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Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Commonly thought of as a novelty toy found in dollar stores and souvenir shops, mood rings began as a groovy '70s fad that used the same technology as some...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! From the Highland fling to bagpipes, kilts to haggis, Scotland is famous for many things, although the verdict's still out on how "good" some of these inno...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! In the '60s and '70s, before there was Bachelor Nation or 90 Day Fianc, the on-screen romance began with a household hit - The Dating Game. The groovy set ...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Sugar-free. Gluten-free. Paleo. Keto. Low FODMAP. Of all the diet trends in the world, none is more extreme than the high-iron, low-fat, low-carb diet of t...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! In the late '90s, a weirdly wonderful robotic creature took the world by storm. A mashup of an owl and hamster, the Furby responded to physical touch with ...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! From medieval delicacies to college party novelties, Jell-O has been a staple in households across the U.S. for decades. However, our grandparents had a sl...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! It's been 400 years since beavers were hunted out of London, but with waters on the rise due to climate change, it's their time to shine once more - beginn...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Nowadays, if you want to see a mummy, your best choice is to go to a museum. But for a while, Egyptian mummies were so common that Europeans figured out ho...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Whether we're talking 1979's Meteor or 1998's Armageddon, stories about Earth-smashing asteroids are nothing new to Hollywood. They usually get detected ea...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! What comes to mind when you hear the term "government cheese"? If you're a child of the 1980s, it likely involves recollections of a salty, pale-orange sub...