Ripley's Believe It or Not!: In Celebration...

The writing style of this book makes it obvious just how dated these stories are. Do not go into this expecting political correctness; the way other cultures are portrayed is, while mostly harmless, utterly outdated. I was surprised, however, about just how many of these facts I already know from other sources to be correct. A few from The Straight Dope, but many, many others were plot points in Science Fiction I have previously read. It makes me wonder just how much of an influence, intended or otherwise, these cartoons were on scifi authors of the 1950's.