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Does Peeing On A Jellyfish Sting Stop The Pain?
A jellyfish sting uses their tentacles' thousands of small nematocysts, which are used to catch prey or for self-defense.
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/jellyfish-pee/
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La Dama Del Silencio: Lucha Libre’s Silent Serial Killer
La Dama del Silencio is Mexico's most prolific serial killer. Working as a lucha libre wrestler, she was able to easily overpower her victims.
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/dama-del-silencio-silent-serial-killer/
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The 2,000-Year-Old Grauballe Bog Man
In 1952, two peat-diggers in Jutland, Denmark, stumbled across the remains of a 2,00-year-old man.
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/grauballe-man/
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Ramses II: The Mummy Who Had To Get A Passport
Ramses II, despite being a 3,000-year-old Pharaoh of Egypt had to submit to modern laws and get a passport for a trip to Paris.
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/ramses-ii-the-mummy-who-had-a-passport/
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How Long Does It Really Take to Digest Swallowed Gum?
Many of us still carry the belief we obtained during childhood that it takes gum seven years to digest in the stomachs of those who swallow it.
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/swallowed-gum/
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The Great Space Mirage: Stars Don't Twinkle
Even though you can look outside at night and see the flashing of different levels of light emanating from the same star, what you’re really seeing is interference from the atmosphere.
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/twinkling-stars/
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The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bombings: Tsutomu Yamaguchi
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was present for both of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II and managed to survive each one.
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/nuclear-survival-tsutomu-yamaguchi/
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Scientists Once Thought Platypuses Were Fake
Zoologist George Shaw was the first westerner to describe a platypus, the pelt and bill of which he was sent in 1799 from Australia.
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/platypuses-were-fake/
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The People Who Don't—And Sometimes Can't—Forget
Fewer than 100 people have been identified as having HSAM, a rare condition that typically allows them to recall life memories with remarkable accuracy.
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/hsam/
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The American Defectors Who became North Korean Movie Stars
They felt so hopeless at times that they would do alarming things, such as steal government property or embark on death-defying hikes in the country.
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/north-korean-movie-stars/
