Archive for October 2022

A Swiss railway company broke a Guinness World Record when a 6,253-foot-long train boasting 100 cars took a trip down the rails.

A North Carolina man said the scratch-off ticket that earned him a $250,000 prize was only the second lottery ticket he had ever bought in his life.

An Illinois couple’s Halloween decorations are going viral thanks to the closely guarded secret of how the “Stranger Things” inspired display seemingly defies gravity.

An archery master recently set a new Guinness Record by shooting seven consecutive arrows through a tiny keyhole using a traditional Ottoman bow. Lars Andersen is often hailed as the world’s ultimate archer, performing feats that most us mere mortals can only dream about. He is the only person capable of shooting 10 arrows in…

A Pittsburgh-based robotics and engineering startup recently unveiled Moonwalkers, a pair of battery-powered shoes that it claims can boost walk speeds by up to 250%. At first glance, Moonwalkers look like a pair of futuristic rollerskates, but there is actually a lot more to them than that. You’re actually meant to walk with them the…

The venomous king cobra that escaped at a Swedish aquarium returned to its terrarium on its own after about a week on the loose, officials said.

An Idaho man broke a Guinness World Record by using a samurai sword to chop through 56 airborne apples while bouncing on a pogo stick.

A car wash chain announced nearly 60 locations across the United States are transforming Halloween night into “Tunnel of Terror” haunted car washes.

A young French woman has been raising eyebrows on the internet for using OnlyFans in a rather unusual way – letting her fans make the important decisions in her life. OnlyFans is usually associated with adult content that fans can access by paying an annual fee, but Laurie, a 23-year-old woman from Paris has found…

Five times Halloween pumpkins made odd news headlines for breaking records, becoming boats, getting eaten by animals and making trouble for wildlife.