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Unbelievable RecordsJul 16, 2026

The 66-Year Fingernails

The 66-Year Fingernails Shridhar Chillal stopped cutting his left-hand fingernails in 1952. He was 14. He kept growing them for 66 years. Combined length: 909.6 centimeters. Nearly 30 feet. In July 2018 he finally clipped them at Ripley's in Times Square. They joined the permanent collection.

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