This extraordinary volume is an encyclopedia that only the people at Ripley's Believe It or Not could have dreamed up - it is a sort of X-Files version of the Guinness Book of Records, every page of the 63 chapters brimming with the extremes of human existence and eccentricity: - bizarre coincidences - unbelievable accidents and disasters - curious animals - - extraordinary human achievements - unusual human abilities - unlikely buildings - - remarkable ancient civilisations - strange artistic creations - ridiculous hairstyling - - gross tattooing and body piercing - beliefs and superstitions - dramatic births - - mind and body trivia - atypical weather - antiquated travel - mad royalty - - unexplained phenomena - exotic sports - and much, much more...* Amazing, Strange, Inexplicable, Wierd and All True! * 6,000 Absolutely Real Oddities, Mysteries, Facts and Records!