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Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Humans are potentially inhaling a credit card-sized amount of harmful microplastics on a weekly basis, and new research published in the journal Physics of...
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Jun 30, 2023
Setting up your will, planning your estate, and preplanning a funeral can all feel extremely daunting. Where do you start? What do you all need? Many people feel overwhelmed and don't deal with it. On...
Dylan Payne Oct 03, 2022
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Scientists have developed the first-ever skin swab test that can diagnose Parkinson's disease in only three minutes, and it's thanks to a woman with a grea...
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Sep 16, 2022
When we are grieving a loss, we may not be kind to ourselves or recognize our need for self-care. We tend to be extremely hard on ourselves and more critical of our actions or words than normal. We ar...
Dylan Payne Sep 07, 2022
Most people are not intentionally disrespectful of a funeral procession. Many people just aren't sure what to do. The question is: who has the right of way and how do you recognize a funeral processio...
Dylan Payne Aug 01, 2022
A monument or headstone provides a place for loved ones to go and remember and memorializes that person for generations to come. There are many different kinds of monuments that can be manufactured ba...
Dylan Payne Jun 07, 2022
Although cremation is a common practice, the average person knows very little about it. Below, we have answered a few common cremation questions. To make certain that proper cremation procedures are f...
Dylan Payne May 04, 2022
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Each year, thousands of children swallow objects not suited for human consumption with no other option but to wait for time - and the digestive system - to...
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Apr 08, 2022
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says provinces and territories should rapidly prepare to offer fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks. The committee says govern...
Apr 05, 2022
Funerals are changing. Every funeral used to have relatively the same format, but funerals today have a lot more customization and personalization options. There aren't rules on how you celebrate a li...
Dylan Payne Apr 01, 2022