(UPI) The University of Cambridge's website crashed on Monday after posting famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis online.

The university in England made Hawking's thesis paper available to download online in a series of PDF files which drew droves of people to the website and caused it to crash.

Hawking wrote the doctoral ...Read more

(UPI) A Boston terrier became the envy of all the canines on the San Diego waterfront when he went for a ride on his mini motorcycle.

The video, recorded Sunday, shows Chopper the 8-year-old biker dog cruising down a road by the San Diego waterfront.

Chopper's ride captures the attention of several other nearby dogs, which look on the scene ...Read more

(UPI) An Australian teenager was caught on camera tram-surfing to avoid the cost of a ride on the moving vehicle.

A video recorded Sunday on Mount Alexander Road in the Flemington area of Melbourne shows the teen holding onto the back of a moving tram.

The teen keeps his head ducked down to avoid being spotted from inside the vehicle.

A man ...Read more

(UPI) A brave motorcyclist on a busy Bangkok highway stopped traffic in the rain to rescue a kitten huddled in the middle of a lane.

A video recorded this month on the busy overpass shows the biker pulled over on the side of the road and holding up a hand to stop a car headed straight for the kitten.

The feline disappears under the vehicle as ...Read more

(UPI) Deputies in Florida worked with a wildlife trapper to capture a 12-foot alligator spotted by a resident wandering loose in a neighborhood.

The Indian River County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a beach in the neighborhood near St. Christopher Lane to remove the loose gator.

The sheriff's office posted a photo to Facebook ...Read more

(UPI) An Australian cyclist seeking to ward off dive-bombing magpies bird-proofed his helmet by adding party blower noise-makers to the back.

Dr. Richard Osborne, a medical oncologist, captured video of his bike ride in Hervey Bay, Queensland, where he found himself pursued by magpies.

The birds, famous for swooping and dive-bombing cyclist's ...Read more

(UPI) A group of friends at a New Zealand beach were filmed running for safety when a pod of killer whales approached the shore.

A video filmed by Kelly Lindsay at Hahei Beach shows a group of her friends in the shallow water Oct. 21 watching the pod of orcas as the ocean mammals swim toward the shore.

The group runs to shore at Lindsay's ...Read more

(UPI) A Florida woman who made a shopping trip gathered attention due to her unusual entourage -- four pigs and a pug.

The animal owner, Melissa, shared a video of her four pigs riding in the shopping cart with Pigtail the pug at the Tractor Supply store in Macclenny.

The pigs are named Prissy, Pop, Posey and Pink, Melissa said.

Melissa said ...Read more

(UPI) An Oregon city hosted an unusual race when paddlers climbed into hollowed-out giant pumpkins for the 14th annual Pumpkin Regatta.

The event Saturday in Tualatin featured thousands of spectators braving the rain to watch racers, many in elaborate costumes, padding their hollow pumpkin boats across the water.

The first race pitted growers ...Read more

(UPI) A New Jersey couple said police came knocking on their door due to a complaint about their Halloween decorations -- a realistic and bloody car crash scene.

Kevin and Krysten Negrotto of Waretown said they decided to use the car in their side yard, which Kevin uses for drift racing, as the centerpiece of their Halloween decor.

"Instead of...Read more

(UPI) A California resident captured video of a mother bear and her two playful cubs taking a swim in their backyard pool.

The video, filmed by a Monrovia couple on Saturday, shows the mother bear climbing out of the pool and approaching the window the couple are watching her from.

The mother bear's two cubs swim to the edge of the pool to ...Read more

(UPI) A Canadian man was stopped by police for singing in his car and slapped with a $149 ticket.

The incident happened on Sep. 27 in Saint-Laurent, Quebec when Taoufik Moalla in his car singing 90's hit Everybody Dance Now by C+C Music Factory and the music was interrupted by police sirens.

"I was thinking they wanted to pass, but they called...Read more

(UPI) A man boating about four miles off the coast of the Florida Keys recorded his unusual encounter with an apparently disoriented iguana.

The video, filmed Thursday about four miles off the coast of Key West, shows the man encountering an iguana swimming in the ocean.

"Dude, what are you doing out here?" the man asks. Are you lost, or ...Read more

(UPI) A man at an Australian ranch was filmed showing off an unusual method of felling a tree -- with bare-knuckle punches.

A video filmed last week at the Alpha-Daisy ranch in Queensland shows the man practicing his boxing moves on a banana tree.

The man's rapid punches slowly start to tear away pieces of the tree, until it finally falls over...Read more

(UPI) A man taking time lapse video of a busy road in Australia accidentally captured footage of a skateboarder clinging to the back of a moving bus.

A video posted to Instagram by user @corinrules shows a time-lapse of Adelaide St. in Brisbane, Queensland.

The video captured a skateboarder appearing to hitch a ride by clinging to the back of ...Read more