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.
July 16, 2025
On Brazil's Marajó Island, patrolling military police ride Asian water buffaloes.
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!