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$1 million winning lottery ticket was in winner's vehicle for two months
(UPI) A Kansas lottery player said their ticket for the Holiday Millionaire Raffle sat forgotten in their vehicle for more than two months before they discovered it was a $1 million grant prize winner.
The Osage County resident, who wished to remain anonymous, told Kansas Lottery officials they only bought one ticket for the 2020 Holiday ...Read more
Cave-harvested Turkish honey dubbed world's most expensive
(UPI) A Turkish company set a Guinness World Record for the world's most expensive honey with a cave-harvested variety priced at over $5,400 per pound.
Guinness said Centauri Honey, which is harvested from a cave more than 8,000 feet above sea level, is priced at $5,409 per pound, making it the most expensive honey in the world.
The honey is ...Read more
Nova Scotia boy finds message in a bottle from 1995
(UPI) A Nova Scotia, Canada, boy having a backyard campfire discovered a message in a bottle that was tossed into the water more than 50 miles away 25 years earlier.
Nyima Mitchell, 8, said was at his family's home in Cheticamp, on the island of Cape Breton, when he spotted a bottle under a pine tree.
He used a pair of pliers to remove the ...Read more
Moose on the loose forcibly evicted from Utah neighborhood
(UPI) Police in Utah were summoned to a residential neighborhood to help eject an unusual trespasser: a 900-pound bull moose.
Centerville Police said officers were called Sunday morning to keep the moose away from neighborhood residents while awaiting personnel from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
"There's so many people who were out ...Read more
Dog driver blamed for crashing owner's Jeep into Wisconsin building
(UPI) A Jeep crashed into a building in Wisconsin and the incident is being blamed on the inexperience of the vehicle's driver: a dog.
Sturgeon Bay Police said officers responded Wednesday to art museum Pearl of Door County, where a Jeep had crashed into the building.
The vehicle's owner told police his Jeep had been parked at a gas station ...Read more
WATCH: Pepper crop destroyed by hail storm rescued by hot sauce company
(UPI) A Minnesota farmer whose crop was badly damaged by a hail storm ended up having the harvest rescued by a company that turned the damaged peppers into a special hot sauce.
Dana Jokela, owner of Sogn Farm in Cannon Falls, said the pepper crop was destroyed by a hail storm right before the planned harvest, and it looked like a total loss.
...Read more
British man drinks Capri Sun in 16.65 seconds to set Guinness record
(UPI) A British man who decided to attempt a Guinness World Record while in COVID-19 lockdown captured the title for fastest time to drink a Capri Sun pouch: 16.65 seconds.
Declan Evans, 20, of Lincoln, said he started to look for records to break while in lockdown during the summer and discovered Guinness had set the benchmark time for the ...Read more
Patas monkey escapes from Taipei Zoo in Taiwan
(UPI) The Taipei Zoo in Taiwan said employees and local authorities are searching for an 8-year-old Patas monkey that escaped from its enclosure.
The zoo said in a Facebook post that the male monkey, named Nan Dao, escaped while a zookeeper was cleaning the enclosure about 11 a.m. Monday.
Officials said the zookeeper was working to restrain a ...Read more
WATCH: Bridal party's limo catches fire on way to Las Vegas church
(UPI) A bridal party's trip to a Las Vegas church was delayed when their limousine caught fire on the way to the venue.
Las Vegas Fire & Rescue said the limousine was traveling on Interstate 15 southbound between Sahara and Spring Mountain when an occupant, a bride on the way to her wedding, smelled something burning.
The bridal party ...Read more
Woman wins $80,000 lottery prize while waiting for chicken dinner
(UPI) A Maryland woman said arriving at an eatery before her to-go chicken order was ready led to her winning an $80,000 lottery jackpot.
The 53-year-old Frederick woman told Maryland Lottery officials she went to Belle's Sports Bar & Grill to pick up a to-go order of chicken wings and ended up deciding to play Keno for the first time when ...Read more
Lost dog travels 100 miles from Iowa to Nebraska in 23 days
(UPI) Animal rescuers said a dog that went missing in Iowa was captured 100 miles away in Nebraska after the several failed attempts at apprehension caused the canine to flee.
The Nebraska Humane Society said the dog, named Ivy, escaped from her home in Sioux City on Feb. 12 and traveled 100 miles to the Omaha area during her 23 days on the ...Read more
WATCH: Loose bull blocks traffic on Australian bridge
(UPI) A bull escaped from a trailer while being transported in Australia and blocked traffic on a bridge before being escorted to a nearby show ground.
Witnesses said the bull was spotted wandering loose in the road outside of Murray Bridge, South Australia, about 9:30 a.m. Monday, after apparently forcing its way out of a trailer.
The men ...Read more
WATCH: Loose ram chases Ontario cyclist down rural road
(UPI) An Ontario cyclist captured video of his unusual encounter with a loose ram that chased him for more than half a mile down the road.
Keith Ailey said he was riding his bike on a road just west of Thunder Bay when he spotted a dark-colored animal at the side of the road ahead of him.
"It was pretty big for a dog and really hairy. I see ...Read more
Australian man's lost surfboard found 16 months later, 1,700 miles away
(UPI) An Australian man who lost his surfboard while catching a big wave discovered the board had been found 16 months later when it was spotted drifting nearly 1,700 miles away.
Danny Griffiths, of Hobart, Tasmania, said he was surfing on the island of Pedra Branca, off the southern coast of Tasmania, in 2017 when he was separated from his ...Read more
Man catches 67 pieces of caramel corn in his mouth for Guinness record
(UPI) An Idaho man used his mouth to catch 67 pieces of caramel corn thrown by a friend in 1 minute to break a Guinness World Record.
David Rush, who has broken more than 150 Guinness World Records to promote STEM education, used his mouth to catch the caramel corn that neighbor Jonathan Hannon, who is ambidextrous, threw with both hands.
Rush...Read more
Baby kangaroo found after night on the loose in New York
(UPI) A baby kangaroo that escaped from a New York farm employee's home was found by a sheriff's deputy after a night on the loose.
The Yates County Sheriff's Office said the female joey, named Kaia, was captured by Deputy Sheriff Scott Walker about a mile away from where she had escaped from the home of a Stokoe Farms employee.
Stokoe Farms ...Read more
Well-timed phone call leads Missouri man to $2 million lottery jackpot
(UPI) A Missouri man said he has a well-timed phone call to thank for leading him to the scratch-off lottery ticket that earned him a $2 million jackpot.
Rudy Mendez of Foristell told Missouri Lottery officials he was driving in Fenton when he received a phone call, so he pulled over at the On The Run convenience store to answer it safely.
...Read more
WATCH: Lego's Colosseum set breaks Guinness record with 9,036 pieces
(UPI) A Lego set based on the Roman Colosseum broke a Guinness World Record by being composed of 9,036 pieces.
The Colosseum set, designed by a team led by Rok Zgalin Kobe, was verified by Guinness as being the largest commercially available Lego set.
Kobe said some liberties were taken with the design to make it more strongly resemble what ...Read more
WATCH: Cat trapped in tree for over a week rescued, given spaghetti
(UPI) Firefighters in Florida said it took more than an hour and three separate attempts to rescue a cat that was stranded in a high branch of a tree for over a week.
Escambia County Fire Rescue said a crew responded Thursday evening to the call in Pensacola, where nearby business owners reported a cat had been stuck up a tree for over a week. ...Read more
WATCH: Airline worker reunites young passenger with left-behind Buzz Lightyear
(UPI) An airline worker at an Arkansas airport reunited a lost Buzz Lightyear toy with the young boy who accidentally left the action figure behind in Texas.
Southwest Airlines said the boy, named Hagen, had gotten off a plane at Dallas Love Field Airport, and his family already was in its rental car heading away from the airport when the child...Read more
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- Australian man's lost surfboard found 16 months later, 1,700 miles away
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