Ripley’s 100 Best Believe It or Nots

Ripley’s 100 Best Believe It or Nots brings together 100 strange-but-true stories collected by Ripley’s over the past century. Combining extraordinary facts with colourful photography, it is designed for curious kids and adults who enjoy bizarre stories and surprising real-world trivia.

• Suitable for: Kids and adults
• Illustrated with: Colour photographs throughout

More about the book
The collection spans some of the most extraordinary stories from Ripley’s first 100 years, from unusual human feats to remarkable events that seem almost impossible to believe.

Discover the chicken that lived for months without its head, the man who swallowed seven swords at once, and the jockey who died while riding his horse – but won the race anyway. The colourful, illustrated presentation gives readers plenty to browse as they work their way through a century of Ripley’s oddities.

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• Ripley’s Undoubtedly Odd by Ripley: Another collection from the Ripley’s world, combining mind-boggling stories, unusual facts and striking pictures, with a particular focus on the weirder and grosser side of its subject matter.
• Mind = Blown by Matthew Santoro: Shares the focus on surprising and seemingly unbelievable facts, but organises its trivia through top-ten lists and myth-busting revelations covering subjects from popular culture to science and space.
• Squillions of Amazing Facts to Knock Your Socks Off! by Dan Blaskowitz: Another broad collection of random and unusual facts for curious kids and adults, ranging across subjects including history, animals and the human body, with a stronger general-knowledge focus.