Archive for July 2023

An unemployed man in Russia managed to live out his dream of being a traffic policeman by putting on a fake police uniform and going on patrols with actual traffic inspectors for two months. Tired of sitting around all day, Viktor, a 48-year-old unemployed man from Russia’s Stavropol Region, bought himself a realistic-looking police uniform…

Located in Havana, Cuba, Coppelia Park is the world’s largest ice cream parlor. Also known as the ‘Ice Cream Cathedral, it serves around 30,000 customers per day and up to 600 at a time. Built in 1966, Cuba’s ‘Parque Coppelia consists of a two-storey domed pavilion inspired by Oscar Niemeyer’s iconic Cathedral of Brasilia outside…

A Michigan woman had multiple reasons to celebrate when she scored a $288,903 lottery jackpot on her husband’s birthday.

Hugh, the manatee, died from a 14.5-centimeter rip in his colon caused by a sexual encounter with another male Manatee, Buffett, who is also his brother.

Marine rescuers in England came to the rescue of a sheep that was chased into the water by a dog and got swept away by the current.

Police in Massachusetts said Thursday that a previous warning about a boa constrictor on the loose was the result of a miscommunication.

A Rhode Island woman found a pearl in a clam she was served at a restaurant, and it ended up becoming her engagement ring.

More than 200 ponies were herded across the Assateague Channel to Chincoteague Island in Virginia for the 98th annual Chincoteague Pony Swim.

Authorities in South Carolina are asking for the public’s help locating the owner of a loose cow seen wandering through a neighborhood.

A Virginia woman received more than 100 Amazon packages she didn’t order, including headlamps, glue guns and binoculars.