"Believe It Or Not!" is a
newspaper cartoon featuring unusual, hard-to-believe facts from around the world. The cartoon was conceived and drawn by
Robert Ripley[?]. It premiered on
December 19,
1918 in the
New York Globe[?].
"Believe It Or Not!" later became a radio program and then a television show.
Originally involving sports feats, Ripley first planned to call the cartoon "Chumps and Champs."
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