Archive for July 2025

A New Zealand cat named Leo earned the nickname “Leonardo da Pinchy” after he was shown to be a literal cat burglar with a penchant for stealing underwear.

Firefighters in Coral Springs, Fla., came to the rescue of a raccoon that lived up to its trash panda nickname by getting its leg stuck in an outdoor trash can.

Japanese authorities are on high alert after up to 16,000 plastic toy guns used as prizes in claw machines across the country were deemed able to fire live ammunition. Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) recently issued a warning that thousands of illegal firearms were being offered as prizes in claw machines all around the Asian…

A Taiwanese women’s football coach has come under fire for allegedly forcing students to donate blood hundreds of times in order to receive school credits mandatory for graduation. Zhou Tai-ying, a prominent women’s football trainer, has been dubbed the “vampire” coach by Taiwanese media, because during her time at the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU),…

A Des Moines, Iowa, man who received a scratch-off lottery ticket as a present from a friend ended up scoring a $100,000 surprise for his 42nd birthday.

Sheriff’s deputies in Florida had a “loony” situation on their hands when a coyote was struck by a vehicle and ended up wedged inside the front bumper.

A Canadian woman with a talent for riding big-wheeled bikes broke two speed records at an Australian track while pedaling a Victorian-style penny farthing.

Sheriff’s deputies in Florida had an unusual day on the job when they were called to wrangle an escaped — and thirsty — emu on the loose in Orange County.

A Chinese man recently incurred the wrath of animal lovers after showing off an unusual car hood ornament featuring live fish and crustaceans. The owner of a Li Auto L9 luxury SUV from Liaoning, China, has been accused of animal cruelty after turning a transparent layer of plastic on the hood of his car into…

A man in Rayong, Thailand, died surrounded by over a hundred empty beer bottles after shunning food and living on the alcoholic drink alone for over a month. Last week, rescue workers from the Siam Rayong Foundation were called to a house in the Ban Chang district of Rayong to help a man who had…