Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bizarre New Year’s Eve Traditions From Around the World
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! What do you think of when it comes to New Year's Eve? Fireworks, champagne, posh parties, and excellent music? In other parts of the world, December 31st l...
Dec 30, 2020
Was Drink Toasting Originally A Way To Avoid Poisoning?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The internet is incredibly good at spinning urban legends and conspiracy theories. Once sites like YouTube and Facebook pick up on these "rumors," they tak...
Dec 29, 2020
The Christmas Spirit Lives Year-Round in These US Towns
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Let's face it. January can feel like a real bummer. Especially after all of the excitement of Christmas with its festive decorations, presents under the tr...
Dec 28, 2020
The Remote Audiences for 2020 Weigh In…
Well, as a speaker who made my living from stages and live audience events, 2020 was, quite frankly, a bit of a devastation for me from a work perspective. We are healthy, so I make special mention th...
Dec 26, 2020
An Alex Trebek Portrait Worth A Thousand Cubes
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! For 36 years and more than 8,200 episodes, Alex Trebek became a regular feature of our lives as the host of Jeopardy! A fixture of our homes five nights a ...
Dec 23, 2020
Your Holiday Quiz!
I had some wishes, goals, and dreams for this year but what I didn’t know when the year started, was that this year would not be about achieving, it would be about receiving. Receiving what has ...
Dec 22, 2020
The Norse Origins Of Santa’s Milk And Cookies
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! As the holiday season approaches, those who celebrate Christmas have a lot of fascinating and unbelievable tales about jolly old Santa Claus to ruminate on...
Dec 22, 2020
The Privileged And Exploited Story Behind ‘A Christmas Carol’
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! A Christmas Carol is one of Charles Dickens' most iconic works. The novella celebrates its 177th anniversary this year, but it remains as popular today as ...
Dec 21, 2020
Thoughts on Our First (and hopefully only) COVID Christmas
For better or for worse, December celebrations, including Christmas, Hanukkah, Yule (winter solstice, today!!) and Kwanzaa, are definitely a ‘cue’. They may be a cue to bake, shop, donate,...
Dec 21, 2020
World’s Largest Iceberg Set to Collide with Antarctic Wildlife Sanctuary
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! [December 14–December 20, 2020] Singing porta-potties, a nixed nativity, and plucky predators-all round up in this week's weird news from Ripley's Be...
Dec 18, 2020