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A Texas teen who entered high school at age 10 has now graduated at age 14 and is headed to the University of Texas at Arlington. Oforitsenere Bodunrin, 14, graduated from James Martin High School in Arlington, where she served as editor of the school newspaper. Oforitsenere, a second-degree black belt, plans to study computer science […]

A Louisiana dog’s 5-inch tongue has been officially certified as the longest in the world by Guinness World Records. Zoey, a Labrador/German shepherd mix, was awarded the record for longest tongue on a living dog after a veterinarian measured from the tip of her snout to the tip of her tongue. Zoey’s owners, Metairie residents Sadie and […]

A California man reached his decade-long goal of visiting every country in the world when he took a tour of Turkmenistan. San Diego resident Randy Williams, aka Ramblin’ Randy, landed in the central Asian country of Turkmenistan last week, a destination that was long-delayed when the nation was closed to visitors for four years. Turkmenistan […]

A Kentucky man said he won a $1 million lottery jackpot thanks to what initially seemed like an unlucky event — he ran out of gas. Michael Schlemmer of Corbin told Kentucky Lottery officials he just barely made it to the Convenient Food Mart in Corbin. I ran out of gas, and I coasted in there,” Schlemmer said. […]

An Idaho man gathered a crew of friends and neighbors to take on the Guinness World Records title for fastest time to wrap a person with newspaper — team of 8. David Rush, who has broken more than 250 Guinness World Records, enlisted the help of family members, friends and neighbors to take on the […]

  The graduation ceremony at New Jersey’s Seton Hall University featured a diploma being presented to one very special graduate: a student’s service dog. A video tweeted by the university shows Grace Mariani and her service dog, Justin, being presented with diplomas by Seton Hall’s Joseph E. Nyre. Mariani received a bachelor’s of science in […]

A Maryland man won a $50,000 lottery prize just three years after accompanying his mother to collect a $300,000 jackpot. The Glen Burnie man told Maryland Lottery officials he and his mother take turns buying scratch-off tickets, and she was the one who selected the $5 Lucky Riches ticker for him at Doc’s F&B Liquors […]

A Czech athlete put his endurance to the test when he held the punishing abdominal plank position for 9 hours, 38 minutes and 47 seconds. Josef Šálek, aka Joska, broke the Guinness World Record set in 2022 by Australian Daniel Scali, who held his plank for 9 hours, 30 minutes and 1 second. Joska, a therapist, teacher […]

An Idaho duo unofficially broke their own Guinness World Record when they took turns tooting party blowers for a total of 93 toots in one minute. David Rush, who has broken more than 250 Guinness World Records to promote STEM education, originally teamed with neighbor Eirinn Hannon in 2022 to set the record for most toots of […]

Librarians can be a vital help for all of the visitors to the library who need to do research or check out books. For those who enjoy education and learning new things, then a librarian can be like a very best friend! Because of their ability to maintain and accumulate information, organize it and then […]