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A Maryland Lottery player won his second $50,000 Bonus Match 5 jackpot using the same set of numbers. The 58-year-old Montgomery County man told Maryland Lottery officials he regularly plays Bonus Match 5, and almost always uses the same set of numbers, which previously earned him a $50,000 prize. The man said he bought his ticket for the Aug. […]
A British dad reclaimed a Guinness World Records title by having his daughter’s name tattooed on his body a total 667 times. Mark Owen Evans, 49, originally earned the record for the most tattoos of the same name on the body in 2017, when he had his daughter’s name, Lucy, inked on his back 267 […]
Chamoy Thipyaso, born 27 November 1940 is a former employee of the Petroleum Authority of Thailand. She is known for receiving the world’s longest prison sentence, not of lifetime imprisonment at 141,078 years for her involvement in a pyramid scheme that defrauded more than 16,000 Thais and is estimated to have been worth between $200 […]
A Canadian chef known for his knife skills broke a Guinness Word Record by chopping 166 slices of cucumber in 30 seconds while wearing a blindfold. Wallace Wong, a chef and bodybuilder known as the Six Pack Chef on TikTok, put his chopping skills to the test for an episode of Guinness World Records’ Italian TV […]
On the beautiful islands of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean grows a legendary palm. Lodoicea maldivica, also known as the double coconut, or coco-de-mer, is renowned for producing the largest and heaviest seeds in the world. With their rather suggestive shape and weighing up to an impressive 25kg, while measuring up to half a […]
A Pennsylvania man earned a Guinness World Record by going to the movies 777 times in a one-year period. Zach Swope, 32, of Carlisle, started his attempt with a screening of Minions: Rise of Gru in July 2022 and completed his record attempt with a showing of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny one year later. Swope broke the record of 715, set […]
In nature, there are many ways to protect yourself from potential predators: armour, poison, noxious smell, size or speed, etc. But perhaps no form of protection is as cunning as a disguise. Insects, whose body form has allowed for an impressive array of biological mimicry and deception, make particularly good use of camouflage. Some of […]
A music-loving dog was returned to her family after escaping from her home and sneaking into a Metallica concert in California. The German shepherd, named Storm, was taken to a shelter after being found sitting in a seat during the Metallica show at SoFi stadium in Inglewood. After a full night taking in the show […]
You could travel the entire world for the rest of your life and you are unlikely to find anywhere as fascinating as the Amazon Rainforest, home to the Victoria Water Lily. Shrouded in mystery and steeped in history, the Amazon is a never-ending source of fascination for scientists and adventurers alike. The Amazon Rainforest is most famed […]
A North Carolina woman scored a $1 million Powerball prize during a Labor Day weekend getaway to the beach. Newlywed April Royal of Fayetteville told North Carolina Education Lottery officials she and her husband went to Southport to spend the holiday weekend at the beach and ended up buying a Powerball ticket at the Circle K on North Howe […]
