5 Things You Didn't Know About Jimmy Carter
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5 Things You Didn't Know About Jimmy Carter

The peanut farmer-turned-president, who passed away at 100, once braved 89 seconds in a nuclear reactor.

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

January 16, 2025

Cartoon of the Day

Google mapped the Liwa Desert in the UAE using a camel with a 360-degree camera.

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

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!