Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 17, 2025

I heard that Bemidji, MN claims that they have the world’s shortest parade? Google “bemidji st patrick’s day parade”

Bemidi’s parade is 78 paces long. A pace is considered to be 30 inches. 78 × 30 + 2340 inches which is 195 feet which is way longer than Hot Spring’s parade.

Irish ancestry is the second most common ancestry in America (with German ancestry being the most common).

Happy St. Patty’s Day everyone! Just avoid the green beer.

Chester T of Amsterdam NY has been busy….

That’s one way to prevent Pete’s joke. Delay publishing RBION by half a day.

The best fact of all is that St Patrick was in fact Scottish!

We should make Ireland the 52nd U.S. state.

Oy sigh, gibneh.

It’s only 98 feet because it’s hard to walk any further when you are smashing drunk.

Anybody able to pronounce Chester’s last name? I wouldn’t try.

Little Compton Rhode Island’s parade is 89 feet.

Happy St Patrick’s Day to Pickled Pete and all of the wonderful fans at gocomics. I missed Pete yesterday and checked his profile today. It appears he has been unjustly banned. This is so wrong. I love my comics and pay gocomics for the privilege to read them. The comments I read from a select few are so hateful and horrible. Posting jokes on a site for comics strips is not an issue. Letting racist haters spout their garbage is offensive. FREE PICKLED PETE!❤️ Pete is our friend and deserves better. You can see his comments in his profile page and offer support here at the scene of the crime??

A “hat trick” for Chester Tumidajewicz today!

The one about the shortest parade made me chuckle. I pictured the crowded “parade” that Loony Tunes tended to use in some of the cartoons, where all you saw were instruments, all packed together.

The movement to de-annex Puerto Rico as a US territory has been in the news again.