| A semi-popular syndicated newspaper comic that displays tidbits of odd data. Predates News of the Weird, but comes after Guiness Book of World Records. There was also a show based on the strip in the early 80s.
There are also books by Ripley's, and their wax museums can be found in tourist traps across the nation.
At the time the show aired, I was still a kid, and I was convinced that half the articles on the program were lies. After all, at the end of every segment, the narrator always said, in a sonorous voice: "Believe it.....or not!" | 
