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Ripley Publishing builds on its worldwide success with the launch of a new annual in its multimillion bestselling series. Ripley's Believe It or Not! Enter If You Dare is an all-new collection of the strangest stories from around the globe. An eye-catching purple and silver holographic foil cover with lenticular ensures that the book stands out on the shelf.

A mind-boggling array of incredible and bizarre facts, stories, interviews and features are all presented in a stunning new design. New highlights include "Ripley's Revealed," an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at such subjects as contortionism, fire-eating and sword-swallowing. Fascinating interviews with some of the planet's most extraordinary people explore their motivations, while the popular "Ripley Research" boxes explain the science behind some of the most incredible tales in the book.

Enter If You Dare also includes a dramatic double gatefold that throws light on the shady world of vampires, and two single gatefolds—a tribute to the Coney Island sideshows, and a lifesize portrait of tiny teenager Jyoti Amge who stands just 231/2 inches tall. With something strange to entertain and shock every member of the family, Enter If You Dare is sure to continue the massive success of the expanding Ripley's book brand.

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Tim O'Brien VP, Communications
Anne Marshall Publisher

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TWO HEADED BEARDED DRAGON
Frank and Barbara Witte of Fresno California, have a highly unusual pet. Their Bearded Dragon, Zak-n-Wheezie, has two names because it was born with two heads. Experts predicted that the lizard would not live for long, but Zak-n-Wheezie is still going strong and is possibly the longest living two-headed Bearded Dragon in the world.

CREEPY ISLAND OF THE DOLLS
Teshuilo Lake lies among the canals of Xochimilco near Mexico City, and on the lake there is a tiny island known as Isla de las Muñecas ("Island of the Dolls"). Many years ago, a young girl drowned there, and it became a haunted area that people were afraid to enter. A homeless man, Julián Santana, lived on the island for over 50 years, and began to collect and display children's dolls to remember the dead girl and keep her spirit happy. Santana would trade fresh vegetables, which he grew on the island, with local people for their discarded dolls. Although Santana died in 2001, there are still thousands of dolls scattered around the area, mostly hung in the trees.

MICK GOOCH
Mick Gooch must have the strongest fingers in the world. The martial arts expert from Kent, England, is capable of 17 one-armed, single-finger push-ups on the head of a nail. Mick was inspired by the two-finger push-ups performed by kung-fu legend Bruce Lee, and decided to go one incredible step further, a feat that took years of dedication—and broken knuckles—to master.

EXTREME SKATER
Extreme inline skater Dirk Auer from Germany reached incredible speeds of more than 180 mph (290 km/h) while being dragged behind a high-powered motorbike at a racetrack in Germany. Dirk has also skated on the roof of an airborne plane and down a roller coaster.

MORBIDLY OBESE CAT
In 2009, the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals started a fat-fighting club for animals with weight problems, and Socrates the cat was one of nine chosen animals. The fat cat from Newcastle, England, loves to eat cheese-and-onion potato chips and weighs a massive 22 lb (10 kg). This is more than double his ideal weight and makes him "morbidly obese." The animals in the fitness club are put on a strict diet and exercise regime for 100 days to increase their life "pet-spectancy" and the most improved creature (and owner) wins a vacation.

ROAD KILL MOTORCYCLE
Californian hot-rod artist John Towers has created "Rode Kill," a unique, handcrafted, custom motorcycle seemingly made from a decaying corpse. The bike has incredibly detailed features such as a heart protruding from an exposed ribcage that houses the fuel tank, and super-realistic bones that flex at the elbow with the bike suspension. Look closer and you will see maggots crawling over the decaying flesh, bloodstained exhaust pipes, and headlight eyes in the skull. John wanted to graphically drive home how dangerous powerful motorbikes can bhttp://www.ripleybooks.com/e for inexperienced riders—"Rode Kill" will reach speeds of 140 mph (225 km/h)

ROAD KILL MOTORCYCLE
Californian hot-rod artist John Towers has created "Rode Kill," a unique, handcrafted, custom motorcycle seemingly made from a decaying corpse. The bike has incredibly detailed features such as a heart protruding from an exposed ribcage that houses the fuel tank, and super-realistic bones that flex at the elbow with the bike suspension. Look closer and you will see maggots crawling over the decaying flesh, bloodstained exhaust pipes, and headlight eyes in the skull. John wanted to graphically drive home how dangerous powerful motorbikes can be for inexperienced riders—"Rode Kill" will reach speeds of 140 mph (225 km/h).

ROAD KILL MOTORCYCLE
Californian hot-rod artist John Towers has created "Rode Kill," a unique, handcrafted, custom motorcycle seemingly made from a decaying corpse. The bike has incredibly detailed features such as a heart protruding from an exposed ribcage that houses the fuel tank, and super-realistic bones that flex at the elbow with the bike suspension. Look closer and you will see maggots crawling over the decaying flesh, bloodstained exhaust pipes, and headlight eyes in the skull. John wanted to graphically drive home how dangerous powerful motorbikes can be for inexperienced riders—"Rode Kill" will reach speeds of 140 mph (225 km/h).

ROAD KILL MOTORCYCLE
Californian hot-rod artist John Towers has created "Rode Kill," a unique, handcrafted, custom motorcycle seemingly made from a decaying corpse. The bike has incredibly detailed features such as a heart protruding from an exposed ribcage that houses the fuel tank, and super-realistic bones that flex at the elbow with the bike suspension. Look closer and you will see maggots crawling over the decaying flesh, bloodstained exhaust pipes, and headlight eyes in the skull. John wanted to graphically drive home how dangerous powerful motorbikes can be for inexperienced riders—"Rode Kill" will reach speeds of 140 mph (225 km/h).

EYEBALL ARTIST
Leandro Granato, an artist from Buenos Aries, Argentina, paints pieces of art using only his eye as a paintbrush. First, he puts the paint into his nose, next he forces the paint up through his eye and finally he squirts it onto a canvas. Leandro achieves this by using his nose sinus cavities, which empty into the eye through small vents. When Leandro puts pressure on his nose, the paint can escape into his eye. Leandro is lucky it doesn't take the other possible exit—through his ears!

EYEBALL ARTIST
Leandro Granato, an artist from Buenos Aries, Argentina, paints pieces of art using only his eye as a paintbrush. First, he puts the paint into his nose, next he forces the paint up through his eye and finally he squirts it onto a canvas. Leandro achieves this by using his nose sinus cavities, which empty into the eye through small vents. When Leandro puts pressure on his nose, the paint can escape into his eye. Leandro is lucky it doesn't take the other possible exit—through his ears!

SHEEP WOOL WEDDING
Shepherdess Louise Fairburn from Lincolnshire, England, got married in a wedding dress made of wool from one of her own flock. Husband Ian wore a woolen waistcoat made from the same sheep. The dress took 120 hours to make and cost around £3,000. Louise, who even carried a Bo Peep-style crook on her big day, loves her sheep so much that they featured in her wedding photos.

HUMAN TEETH JEWELRY
Polly van der Glas makes items of jewelry that are embedded with human teeth! She has created a knuckle-duster ring set with four teeth, a sterling-silver single tooth signet ring and a single incisor necklace. The Australian artist, who also collects hair and fingernails, says that most of the teeth she uses are donated by friends and family. The molars are then sterilized before being turned into jaw-dropping jewelry.

HUMAN TEETH JEWELRY
Polly van der Glas makes items of jewelry that are embedded with human teeth! She has created a knuckle-duster ring set with four teeth, a sterling-silver single tooth signet ring and a single incisor necklace. The Australian artist, who also collects hair and fingernails, says that most of the teeth she uses are donated by friends and family. The molars are then sterilized before being turned into jaw-dropping jewelry.

WORLD'S LARGEST RUBBER BALL
Joel Waul of Lauderhill, Fla. spent 6 years creating rubber band ball. It weighs more than 9,000 pounds and measures 25 feet in diameter.

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