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20-minute fight with fish yields world record in Missouri. 'You've got to be kidding'

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A fisherman was shocked to learn his “monster” catch broke a state record in Missouri.

But that wasn’t the only record he broke.

George Chance, of Festus, discovered March 19 his 97-pound bighead carp fish he caught from the Mississippi River was not only a state-record catch, but it had also broken a world record.

“They told me it ...Read more

Maine baseball team officially breaks whoopie pie world record

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(UPI) A Maine baseball team announced it has officially taken the Guinness World Record for the longest line of whoopie pies.

The Portland Sea Dogs teamed up with the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival and Wicked Whoopies to attempt the record for the longest line of whoopie pies in June of last year, but the process of having it verified as a Guinness...Read more

WATCH: Escape artist gets out of water tank to set Guinness World Record

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(UPI) A professional escape artist inaugurated a new Guinness World Records category when he escaped from a water tank in 2 minutes and 11 seconds while his hands and feet were restrained.

Guinness World Records announced escapologist Andrew Basso is now the first person to hold the record for fastest time to escape from a water tank upside ...Read more

Tree trimmer rescued when bucket truck malfunctions 30 feet up

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(UPI) Firefighters in Florida came to the rescue of a tree trimmer who became stuck in a malfunctioning bucket truck about 30 feet over the ground.

The St. Lucie County Fire District said a call came in about 2 p.m. Thursday reporting a tree trimmer was stranded in a bucket about 30 feet in the air.

They arrived to find the man had been ...Read more

N.C. officials warn residents there could be bears under their homes

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(UPI) Wildlife officials in North Carolina are warning residents to be aware of an unusual potential household hazard: bears waking up under the house.

Justin McVey, a district wildlife biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, said officials have noticed an uptick in recent years of bears making their winter homes under ...Read more

WATCH: Mall demolition crew finds time capsule in South Carolina

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(UPI) Demolition crews tearing down a South Carolina mall found a time capsule that is due to be opened in 2033.

Forest Acres city officials said the demolition crew tearing down the Richmond Mall found a time capsule that was buried when the mall first opened in 2000.

Writing on the time capsule states that it is due to be opened Jan. 20, ...Read more

Maryland man's stressful day leads to $50,000 lottery prize

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(UPI) A Maryland man said a particularly stressful day at work led to his winning a $50,000 lottery prize.

The Glen Burnie man, who dubbed himself "Stone Cold Money," told Maryland Lottery officials it was a stressful day at work as an information technology professional that led him to buy some Fast Play tickets from the Giant store on North ...Read more

Court orders Florida man to remove shipping container boat from lagoon

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(UPI) A federal court on Friday ordered a Florida man to remove his home-made floating structure from a local South Florida lagoon.

A lawsuit from 2021 alleged Fane Lozman violated the Rivers and Harbors Act by placing a structure made from modified shipping container and floating docks into navigable waters without authorization, which is a ...Read more

120 players participate in table tennis rally for world record

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(UPI) A table tennis club in Northern Ireland teamed up with an Olympic gold medalist to retake a Guinness World Record.

Mary Peters, who won the gold at the Munich Olympic Games in 1972, joined the Ormeau Table Tennis Club in Belfast to try to break the record for the most consecutive opponents in a table tennis rally.

The club originally ...Read more

Wildlife rescuers save skunk with head stuck in peanut butter jar

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(UPI) Wildlife authorities in Ontario came to the rescue of a hungry skunk found with its head stuck in a jar.

Brampton Animal Services said in a Facebook post that personnel responded to a call about a skunk in distress and arrived to find the animal had a jar stuck over its head.

"He was only looking for some food and smelled the peanut ...Read more

Two-headed snake undergoes surgery in Missouri

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(UPI) A two-headed snake visiting the Missouri Department of Conservation's Powder Valley Nature Center will have her stay extended to recover from surgery, officials said.

The two-headed western rat snake, named Tiger-Lily, was scheduled to leave the nature center this week, but the serpent will remain for a longer stay to be treated for a ...Read more

Virginia woman wins $1M, her second big lottery jackpot

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(UPI) A Virginia woman scored a $1 million jackpot from a scratch-off ticket just three years after collecting a $100,000 lottery prize.

Gayla Guishard of Smithfield told Virginia Lottery officials she bought her Virginia Millions scratch-off ticket at the Race Way station on Carrollton Boulevard in Isle of Wight County and caused a scene when ...Read more

Missouri zoo asks for help naming baby kangaroo

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(UPI) A Missouri zoo is asking for the public's help to name a recently born red kangaroo joey.

The Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium said the joey, the fourth born at the zoo in recent months, is doing well in the care of mother kangaroo Barb and is ready for his name.

The zoo proposing four possible names: Walt, Hopper, RooPaw and Diz.

Voting is...Read more

WATCH: Idaho man dons 10 T-shirts in 15.03 seconds

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(UPI) An Idaho man broke a Guinness World Record by putting on 10 T-shirts in 15.03 seconds.

David Rush, who has broken more than 250 Guinness World Records, previously accomplished the same feat in 15.61 seconds for a weekly "#GWRchallenge" on social media in 2020.

Rush officially took the record for the fastest time to put on 10 T-shirts by ...Read more

Bear raids California woman's trash can

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(UPI) A California resident shared video of a hungry bear searching for snacks in the trash bin outside her home in the Los Angeles area.

Christina Shakarian posted a video to Instagram showing the bear opening the trash can "like a human" and pulling out a bag.

The video shows the bear shut the lid of the waste bin, climb on top of it and ...Read more

Vermont State U. announces class based around music of 'Weird Al'

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(UPI) Vermont State University officials said a Harvard course on the music of Taylor Swift inspired them to create a class of their own based around a different sort of musician: "Weird Al" Yankovic.

The class, led by VTSU Lyndon Music and Performing Arts Professor Brian Warwick, is titled "Weird Al and his Polkas," which the school said ...Read more

English police round up loose pig in resident's yard

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(UPI) Police in Cambridgeshire, England, responded to a resident's yard to round up an unusual escaped pet: a small pig.

Cambridgeshire Police said on social media that officers were on patrol when they were flagged down by a Wisbech resident.

The resident informed police there was a porcine intruder in their yard.

"This little chap was found...Read more

WATCH: Women attempting 500-mile journey in toy cars

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(UPI) A pair of Florida women are attempting to create a new Guinness World Record by driving 500 miles down the state's coast in a pair of toy cars.

Cassie Aran and her friend, Lauren, who requested her last name be withheld, are documenting their adventures on social media after setting off from Friendship Fountain in Jacksonville in a pair ...Read more

Maryland woman's purse clean-out reveals $50,007 lottery prize

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(UPI) A Maryland woman who never checks her lottery tickets until her purse pocket is full discovered she had won a $50,007 Powerball prize weeks earlier.

The Annapolis woman, identified by the nickname Cher, told Maryland Lottery officials she purchased a ticket for the March 4 Powerball drawing at the Giant store in Annapolis and stuck it in ...Read more

Nashville Zoo welcomes rare fanaloka birth

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(UPI) The Nashville Zoo announced the birth of a rare spotted fanaloka, a Mdagascar-native species also known as the Malagasy civet.

The zoo, which is the only facility in the United States to keep fanalokas, said the male pup was born March 10 and does not yet have a name.

The zoo previously welcomed the birth of a female fanaloka, named ...Read more