May 17: A black bear was safely rescued from a tree after wandering the Boston suburb of Arlington, Mass., police announced on Friday. The Arlington Police Department announced the bear’s sighting, walking down a street near an elementary school, at 7:40 a.m. on Friday. Animal control specialists corralled the bear by surrounding it near a […]
May 17: A shopping mall in Warsaw, Poland, has the world’s largest terrarium, Guinness World Records confirmed on Friday. The terrarium, defined as a sealed container in which plants are grown, weighs 2,244.74 pounds. The massive glass container, with the phrase “Najwieskszy las w slouiku,” or “largest forest in a bottle” was created by Warsaw’s […]
Mar 15: A Maryland man said advice from a gas station clerk led to a literal dream come true when he won a lottery jackpot. Alexander Maldonado of Gaithersburg told Maryland Lottery officials he was filling up his tank at the Lake Forest Exxon station Tuesday when he heard a mysterious voice behind him. “No […]
Mar 15: Firefighters in Tennessee cut through a wall at a family’s home to rescue a dog that took a fall while chasing a squirrel in the house’s attic. The Chattanooga Fire Department said the Engine 11 crew responded to the Hixson home about 7:30 p.m. Thursday to conduct an unusual dog rescue. The homeowners […]
Mar 15: A diver off the South African coast was caught on camera getting a “kiss” from a curious shark that appeared interested in his goggles. The video, recorded by Steve Woods, shows marine scientist Kevin Schmidt coming face to face with a large blue shark off the coast of Cape Town. The shark approaches […]
Mar 15: A Northern Ireland school broke a Guinness World Record when it gathered 1,170 people to form a gigantic pi symbol. The Lismore Comprehensive School in Craigavon, County Armagh, said 1,170 students and faculty members formed the mathematical symbol outside the school to break the Guinness record of 847 people, set in Portugal last […]
Jan 26: A Connecticut woman said she owes her $20,000 lottery prize to a store clerk who had a lucky feeling and offered her some advice. Lillian Perone of Prospect told Connecticut Lottery officials she usually buys the 10X Cash scratch-off tickets, but the clerk at the Sunoco station in Greenwich convinced her to mix […]
Jan 26: A cyclist’s rear-facing camera captured the moment his friend was sent tumbling over his bicycle by a collision with a poorly-timed deer in Arizona. Bryan Reid’s rear-facing bike camera was recording during a Sunday morning ride down Mount Lemmon when a deer darted out behind Reid and crashed into his friend, Reed Soehnel. […]
Jan 26: Anthony Anderson, star of ABC sitcom Black-ish, helped break a Guinness World Record by swinging the world’s largest usable golf club. Anderson, working together with Topgolf for the premiere episode of its new series, Record Breakers, wielded a 37 foot, 1 inch long golf club to break the record, which required him to […]
Jan 26: A hawk caused traffic headaches in New York when it landed in the middle of a busy intersection and attracted a crowd of onlookers. Witnesses said the hawk landed about 6 p.m. Wednesday in the middle of a busy intersection in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, causing traffic to slow as cars carefully […]