Archive for March 2023

South African pastor Siva Moodley died in 2021, but his body was only laid to rest this month, after spending almost 600 days at a mortuary, because his family and parishioners were expecting him to come back to life. Siva Moodley, the founder of The Miracle Centre in Gauteng, north of Johannesburg, died on August…

A utility company in South Carolina found a migratory bird nesting in a parking lot — and the bird can’t be moved due to federal law from 1918.

Animal rescuers in Michigan rescued a young Cooper’s hawk that found itself stranded in the stairwell of a parking garage.

A Chinese man whose best friend’s wife had introduced him to his online girlfriend of over a year recently learned that the woman he had fallen in love with had actually been his friend’s wife trying to scam him. Mr. Zhou, a middle-aged man from Xuchang, China’s Henan province, had been trying to raise money…

Animal rescuers in New Zealand said an escaped emu returned home after being chased around the area for four days.

A United Arab Emirates boy became the world’s youngest person to publish a book at the age of only 4 years and 218 days.

A New South Wales, Australia, man answered what he suspected to be a “prank call” and was shocked to learn he had won a lottery prize worth more than $66,000.

An Australia resident broke a Guinness World Record when they crafted a wig measuring 8 feet and 6 inches wide.

An 89-year-old Japanese surfer who has been practicing his hobby for under a decade was named the world’s oldest person to surf by Guinness World Records.

Staff at a South Carolina animal shelter said a dog brought in as a stray was scanned for a microchip and found to be a pet missing for three years.