This colossal hairball weighs a hefty 225.13 pounds. Initially created by stylist Steve Warden, Hoss achieved his record-breaking weight through Ripley’s Shave the Beard and Make It Weird! campaign at the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) annual conference, raising more than $30,000 for Give Kids The World Village, an 89-acre, whimsical non-profit in Central Florida that provides critically ill children and their families with magical weeklong wish vacations at no cost.
November 11, 2026
Tire machèt is a Haitian fencing sport in which competitors wield machetes.
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated daily cartoon. Howie Noel is the ninth artist in over a century to take up the pen as lead Cartoonist.