It's shocking but irresistible. The fantastic and amazing World of Ripley's Believe It or Not uncovers and relates curiosities from around the globe. Its full-color, oversized format and round trim make it a suitably remarkable package to display the bizarre findings of Robert Ripley, who traveled to 198 countries to research his famous newspaper cartoon strip. Starting with his first drawing in 1918 and the first Ripley museum in the 1930s, this book is filled with examples of human oddities, exotic artifacts, strange happenings, unusual inventions, marvels of nature, extraordinary achievements and coincidences. Readers will be amazed by the truly macabre world that Ripley captured. Hundreds of photographs show the real people and things that inspired the famous drawings. Exotic objects and human feats stretch the limits of the mind, body and imagination. Here readers will meet world champion chicken picker Buck Fulford who could catch, kill, cook and eat a chicken i

The World of Ripley's Believe It or Not

Mooney, Julie

Editors of Ripley's Believe It or Not

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Black Dog Leventhal

AN ASTONISHING TOUR OF THE MOST BIZARRE AND AMAZING OCCURRENCES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE! Ripleys Believe It or Not! Encyclopedia of the Bizarre is the weirdest, wackiest, most outrageously srange collection of feats, stories, facts and records— all real and all recorded by the editors of Ripley's Believe It or Not! More than 6,000 mind boggling oddities! More than 1,400 eye-popping photographs, illustrations and cartoons! Covers every subject including Accidents and Disasters; Feats and Stunts, Prophecies, Coincidences, Animals, Human Anatomy, Sports, Weather, Architecture, Archaeology, the Unexplained and more! IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN! WHERE ELSE CAN YOU LEARN THAT:
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<li>AN ESTIMATED 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 SNOWFLAKES HAVE FALLEN TO THE EARTH SINCE THE EARTH WAS FORMED!</li>
<li>QUEEN ISABEAU OF BAVARIA USED A MIXTURE OF BOAR'S BRAINS, CROCODILE GLANDS, AND WOLF BLOOD AS SKIN LOTION!</li>
<li>ALFRED LANGEVIN COULD SMOKE A PIPE, PLAY A RECORDER, SMOKE A CIGARETTE AND EVEN BLOW UP A BALLOON THROUGH HIS EYE!</li>
<li>ANNA BREAD MARRIED JOHN BUTTER IN LEEDS, ENGLAND, APRIL 22, 1926!</li>
<li>PHIL TURCO OF MADISON, WISCONSIN, SWALLOWED 339 GOLDFISH IN TWO HOURS!</li>
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Encyclopedia of the Bizarre

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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Encyclopedia of the Bizarre: Amazing, Strange, Inexplicable, Weird and All True!

Black Dog &amp; Leventhal’s bestselling Encyclopedia of the Bizarre is now available in a handier, more reasonably priced edition that retains every word and image of the original. From stupefying stunts to wacky world’s records, all of Ripley’s riveting findings are here, in an easy-to-browse, impossible-to-put-down color volume. Where else could you learn that: • It’s estimated that 10,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000 snowflakes have fallen to the Earth since the Earth was formed! • Queen Isabeau of Bavaria used a mixture of boar’s brains, crocodile glands, and wolf blood as skin lotion! • Anna Bread married John Butter in Leeds, England, April 22, 1926! • Phil Turco of Madison, Wisconsin, swallowed 339 goldfish in two hours! Bizarre and amazing categories include Accidents and Disasters, Animals and Insects, Archaeology, Feats and Stunts, Prophecies, Records, the Unexplained, and more. It’s fascinating fun for the whole family.

Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Encyclopedia of the Bizarre: Amazing, Strange, Inexplicable, Weird and All True!

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Social Sciences

A full year's worth of absolutely true—and truly bizarre facts, records, and occurences pack this all-new Page-a-Day® calendar drawn straight from the archives of Ripley's Believe It or Not! The best material from Ripley's throughout the years—along with the most recent feats and oddities they've recorded—have been selected and organized into a year's worth of entertaining fun in this brand-new daily calendar. Each day features a fact drawn from such categories as Accidents and Disasters, Animals and Insects, Coincidences, Customs and Etiquette, Feats and Stunts, Food and Drink, Geology and Natural Phenomena, Lies and Hoaxes, Miniatures and Replicas, Prophecies, the Unexplained, and much more. Ripley's inimitable line drawings and photographs bring the entries to life throughout.

Ripley's Believe It or Not 2008 Page-A-Day Calendar

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