The First Synthesizer Was Invented by a Codebreaker in the 1940s
From Nation, For Nation - Pulse of the Nation
The giant remains in his captor's museum to this day.
The Irish Giant
Born in 1761, Charles Byrne would grow to seven feet seven inches tall. The world at large knew him as the Irish Giant.
From a remote village in Ireland, Byrne’s family was not particularly tall. As their son continued to grow, they came to explain his great height was due to his conception atop a haystack.
Destined to see the world (a →
Adam Weatherly owns more than 500 Spice Girls dolls!
Here at Ripley’s, we take pride in honoring the unbelievable. So, when Adam Weatherly came to our attention, we felt compelled to speak with him and honor his collection. Adam has spent many years collecting everything and a →
From Globe, For Globe - Pulse of the Planet
The work of the devil or a mathematician?
The Devil's Game: Roulette
Perhaps one day, while gambling away your children’s inheritance in some nameless casino someone told you that Roulette was invented by Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician and Catholic theologian who lived in the 16th century. Maybe you heard he devised the wheel while trying to create a perpetual motion machine. That part of history may be all well and good, but there’s perhaps a darker side of Roulette’s beginnings that’s →
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