Archive for December 2024

A concerned neighbor with a drone helped rescue a dog that spent nearly a full day stranded on the thin ice covering a New Jersey lake.

A Missouri man asked a gas station clerk to pick out a lottery ticket for him and ended up winning $2 million from a scratch-off game.

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is asking for the public’s help to choose a name for its newborn pygmy hippo.

A 32-year-old Indian man admitted to cutting off four fingers on his left hand to avoid having to continue working as a computer operator at a relative’s company. Learning to say ‘no’ sounds easy, but for some people, it can be harder than crippling themselves for life. Case in point, a Gujarat man who staged…

A Polish city announced it broke a world record when nearly 200 people took turns immersing themselves in a small pool filled with water and ice.

Utility officials in Washington are reminding residents not to release mylar balloons to celebrate the New Year after 155 discarded balloons were collected by workers during the past 12 months.

A Japanese company came up with the genius idea of selling plastic bags of popcorn as an edible alternative to conventional cushioning materials like styrofoam pellets and cardboard. Azechi Foods, a popcorn manufacturer and delicacy wholesaler in Japan’s Kochi City, has become famous for using and selling popcorn not just as a snack but as…

Police in Tennessee responded to a Wendy’s parking lot to round up a different sort of Baconator — a large pig.

Treasure hunters dedicated to recovering millions of Lego pieces that fell into the ocean in 1997 said hundreds of pieces were found this year, including the first reported discovery of a sunken Lego shark.

An Iowa woman collected a $150,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket she fished out of her stocking on Christmas morning.