Archive for July 2025

A water monitor lizard that escaped from its owner’s home through a window in Massachusetts was spotted a week later across the state border in Connecticut.

Siren’s Curse, the newest thrill ride at Ohio’s Cedar Point amusement park, stranded riders temporarily for at least the fourth time since it opened June 28.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission personnel responded to Florida’s Turnpike in Miami-Dade County to remove an alligator on the shoulder.

A 16-year-old girl from Central China’s Hunan province almost lost her life after attempting a dangerous diet of just vegetables and laxatives to lose weight fast. In a desperate attempt to fit into a new birthday dress, the Chinese teenager, identified only as Mei, adopted a crash diet that landed her in the hospital. For…

A South Carolina woman whose husband forgot to buy lottery tickets made her own trip to the store, where a “bright, shiny and glittery” ticket won her $500,000.

Serial Guinness World Record-breaker David Rush unofficially broke a record when he and a friend popped 10 balloons between their bodies in 7.5 seconds.

Indian police have arrested a man accused of running a fake embassy in a rented building in Ghaziabad and impersonating an ambassador of made-up countries like ‘Seborga’ or ‘Westarctica’. Ever dreamed of working in exotic countries like Ladonia, Westarctica, Seborga, or Poulvia? Unfortunately, you’re not the only one. An Indian scammer managed to defraud dozens…

A tortoise who escaped from her family’s home in an English town was found more than two weeks later outside an ice cream parlor nearly 3 miles from home.

Two wallabies escaped from their owner’s home in a Belgian border town and one of the animals was captured days later after crossing the border into France.

A North Carolina road was temporarily closed in Asheville so crews could clean up the minty-fresh, “slippery” mess of spilled toothpaste mixed with sawdust.