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Meet the World's Largest Ball of Human Hair, Hoss!

Hoss the Hairball

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.

Meet the World's Largest Ball of Human Hair, Hoss!
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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

November 11, 2026

Cartoon of the Day

Tire machèt is a Haitian fencing sport in which competitors wield machetes.

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

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.