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A Virginia man won a lottery prize worth $1,000 a week for life from a ticket his father gave to him as a gift. Aaron Andrews told Virginia Lottery officials that he and his wife have been living in his father’s basement since their wedding in April. Andrews said his father bought him a ticket for the Aug. […]

A college student from India broke a Guinness World Record by transforming a refillable ballpoint pen into the world’s smallest vacuum cleaner. Tapala Nadamuni, 23, spent about $238 transforming his pen into a vacuum measuring just .25 inches at the shortest axis of its body. He said his tiny vacuum creates suction via a tiny rotating fan […]

A kitten has a new home with an Oregon sheriff’s deputy after hitching a 15-mile ride in the wheel well of a Search and Rescue team vehicle. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said a truck used by its Search and Rescue team was flagged to be inspected for a rodent infestation after it caught the […]

A New Hampshire man captured video of a bear climbing into a parked car through a damaged window and stealing a bag of chips. Geoffrey Starr shared video showing the mother bear climbing into the vehicle in Bartlett and remaining inside for a time before emerging with a bag of chips. Starr said the car’s window had […]

Furniture company Ikea gathered 2,052 employees at its first store in Sweden to hold the world’s largest pajama party. The chain broke the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing two-piece pajamas at a single venue at the store in Almhult. Company officials said the record attempt was part of Ikea’s initiative to create […]

A curious 4-year-old boy accidentally smashed a 3,500-year-old jar while his family was touring a museum in Israel. The boy, who was not identified, was near the entrance of the Hecht Museum in Haifa Friday when the family came across a crockery that dates back to the Bronze Age, roughly from 2200 and 1500 BC. The boy’s […]

A North Carolina man found his car trouble to be unexpectedly lucky when a trip to the repair shop earned him a $379,747 lottery jackpot. Matthews resident Andrzej Kielbon told North Carolina Education Lottery officials he had an appointment to have his car serviced at the dealership, but ended up with some spare time in the morning. “I […]

The world’s oldest living man is celebrating his 112th birthday Monday at the care home where he lives in England. John Alfred Tinniswood was born Aug. 26, 1912, just over four months after the sinking of the Titanic and six months after Arizona became a U.S. state. Tinniswood was dubbed the world’s oldest living man […]

A card-stacking expert broke a Guinness World Record by creating a 54-level house of cards in just 8 hours. Bryan Berg, a trained architect who started breaking card stacking records in 1992, needed a ladder to complete his card tower, which he topped with his Honor Magic V3 phone for good measure. Guinness World Records […]