Archive for February 2026

An Alabama foster kitten preparing to go up for adoption is gaining viral fame thanks to his unique genetic quirk: an extra set of ears.

Serial Guinness World Record-breaker David Rush teamed up with family and friends to break the record for the fastest time to stack 20 dice.

The Oakland Zoo in California announced the birth of a red-tailed monkey — the first primate of his species to be born at the facility.

An Australian woman who has loved Shopkins toys since she was a child amassed a world record-breaking collection of 2,656 different items.

Firefighters in Oregon came to the rescue of a surfer who was swept away by a rip current and ended up stranded at the base of a rock cliff.

“It’s a staggering amount and I was speechless,” Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama told reporters Thursday. “Tackling aging water pipes requires a huge investment, and I cannot thank enough for the donation.”

In 2009, Busan’s Shinsegae Centum City dethroned Macy’s as the world’s largest shopping center, and it has been holding on to that title ever since. Of course, surpassing the size of this 16-floor behemoth would require quite an undertaking, both logistically and financially, and as far as we know, there’s no threat of that happening…

The city of Chonquing is famous for its varied terrain and complex infrastructure system. It features the world’s deepest subway station, a suspended train track that passes straight through residential buildings, and it recently became the home of the world’s longest outdoor escalator system. Known as the Wushan Goddess Escalator, Chongqing’s latest infrastructural marvel consists…

A Washington library revealed a biography of Henry Ford was recently returned to the facility nearly 64 years past its original due date.

Animal rescuers in Britain credited a child on their walk to school with the speedy rescue of a muntjac deer found wedged in a home’s fence.