Archive for February 2026
The World’s Fastest Elevator Has a Top Speed of 47 Miles per Hour
When it opened in 2016, the Guangzhou CTF Financial Centre became the tallest building in the Chinese metropolis. It stretched 530 meters towards the sky, and featured 111 floors above ground and five below ground. But all people could talk about was the two super-fast Hitachi elevators capable of transporting passengers from the ground to the…
Read MoreWatch: Four-legged ‘pooch pirates’ swipe package from Oklahoma City porch
The Oklahoma City Police Department shared video revealing a package-stealing porch pirate was actually a pair of canine “pooch pirates.”
Read MoreWatch: World’s longest wild snake found in Indonesia
Guinness World Records confirmed a reticulated python discovered in the Maros region of Indonesia is officially the wortld’s longest wild snake.
Read MoreLoose cow prompts lockdown at Nebraska school
A cow on the loose in a Nebraska town made its way to a high school’s tennis court, prompting police to impose a lockdown on the school.
Read MoreS.C. man stops to buy a drink, wins $200,000 lottery prize
A South Carolina man made a stop to quench his thirst and ended up buying a scratch-off lottery ticket that earned him a $200,000 windfall.
Read MoreWatch: Lost ring found after 44 years buried on Mississippi beach
A Mississippi man who lost his high school class ring during a trip to the beach in 1982 was reunited with the treasured item 44 years later.
Read MoreWild turkeys terrorize Wisconsin neighborhood, chase postal workers
Residents of a southern Wisconsin town have been dealing with an unusual group of aggressive local ruffians: a flock of aggressive wild turkeys.
Read MoreGoldfish Miraculously Survives for Two Weeks Despite Literally Losing Its Head
With AI able to produce all sorts of crazy videos these days, it’s not hard to understand why most people would label a clip of a goldfish swimming around without a head as fake. But as crazy as that premise sounds, the video is not only real, but backed by science and anatomy. In late…
Read MoreHallucinating AI Sends Tourists Thousands of Miles to Non-Existent Attraction
Weldborough, a small rural town about 110 kilometers from the city of Launceston, in Tasmania, recently experienced a bizarre spike in visitors thanks to the hallucination of an AI agent that invented a non-existent tourist attraction and invited people to discover this “tranquil heaven” that offered a “peaceful escape”. It all started when Tasmania Tours,…
Read MoreWoman Causes Several Car Accidents by Adjusting Traffic Mirror for Better Feng Shui
A superstitious woman who believed her bad luck and health were caused by poor feng shui is accused of having caused multiple car accidents in her Shanghai neighbourhood by adjusting the position of a traffic mirror. According to the unnamed woman’s husband, she had suffered “bad luck and health” as of late, so she called…
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