Where Do All Those Weird Holidays Come From?
One woman has created over 1,900 holidays!
Animals
Skydiving Beavers Were Relocated via Planes in Idaho
Beavers were invaluable to preparing land for settlement.
People
Inventor of the Telegraph, Samuel Morse, Was an Artist
His turn to science was inspired by the death of his wife.
Mr. Trash Wheel Is A Solar Powered Garbage-Eating Robot
Mr. Trash Wheel has eaten over a million pounds of garbage.
Vintage & Historical
WWI's Living Photographs Used Thousands of Soldiers to Unite America
His biggest arrangement used 30,000 US soldiers.
Animals
Museum Snail Wakes Up After 5 Years
Curators thought it was already dead.
Vintage & Historical
This Is the Original Mold Used to Make Penicillin
Initially, it was discovered by accident.
Vintage & Historical
The Irish Giant and a Hunter Named Hunter
The giant remains in his captor's museum to this day.
Animals
Rhea the Featherless Bird – AKA Naked Birdie
Rhea wears sweaters to keep warm.
People
Edna Price, Ripley's "Queen of Sword Swallowers"
She would hide her uncle's wooden leg to go out with boys he didn't approve of.
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Sunday Cartoon! - February 2, 2025
Cartoon of the Day
NASA has an Office of Planetary Protection, just in case we ever find life on other plants.
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!