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Kevin Thackwell, also known as Clothes Pin Man, shows his unique talent on Ripley''s Believe It or Not!

Robert Ripley traveled the globe to bring his readers fascinating facts, but it was his lone researcher who came up with most of them while sitting in the New York Public Library.

Jake Rossen




Warner Bros.

Before there was ‘The Batman' or ‘The Dark Knight,’ Tim Burton and Michael Keaton were reinventing the comic book movie genre with this 1989 blockbuster.

Matthew Jackson












Columbia Pictures

Two decades before he would was a two-time Oscar-winner for 'The Shape of Water,' Guillermo del Toro set out to make a movie about a big red demon with a big gun and a heart of gold.

Matthew Jackson




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In the summer of 1989, there was no escaping Tim Burton's 'Batman.' The Caped Crusader was on everything from T-shirts to bed sheets—but the studio still claimed the film lost money.

Jake Rossen