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A dog brought into a West Virginia animal shelter was found to have been missing for 6 years from a Virginia home 470 miles away. Workers at the Huntington-Cabell-Wayne Animal Control Shelter said a couple brought a pit bull into the shelter recently and said they found the canine wandering alone at East Lynn Lake […]

A British piercing enthusiast broke his own Guinness World Record when the number of flesh tunnels in his face increased to 17. James Goss initially broke the record for most face flesh tunnels in 2020, when he had 14, and broke his own record in 2022 with 15. Goss was awarded the record for a […]

A Peru comic book fan’s collection of 1,548 pieces of memorabilia related to Marvel hero Iron Man earned him a Guinness World Records title. Miguel Andrés Javier told Guinness World Records his first Iron Man item was an action figure he bought second-hand in 2007, and the release of the first Iron Man film the following year […]

Sheriff’s deputies in Michigan responded to a home to eject an “unusual” breaking and entering suspect — a deer. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office said members of the Monitor Township family were at home Monday when they heard the sounds of a front window shattering. The family members soon discovered there was a deer running […]

A Virginia animal shelter is seeking a new home for a strikingly corpulent cat weighing in at a staggering 40.3 pounds. Richmond Animal Care and Control said Patches the cat is on a special diet and exercise plan to help him come down to a healthier weight. Did you wake up today and say, ‘Let’s […]

An 88-year-old windsurfer in Poland is seeking Guinness World Records recognition as the oldest person to practice his favorite sport. Piotr Dudek, 88, of Gdynia, said he has been windsurfing since 1981, and he was encouraged by his friends to attempt the Guinness World Record for oldest windsurfer after discovering the previous record was set by 86-year-old Charles Johannes […]

Serial Guinness World Record-breaker David Rush added another title to his name when he passed a 20-pound dumbbell between his hands 100 times in 15.88 seconds. Rush, who has broken more than 250 Guinness World Records to promote STEM education, said he previously attempted the record for fastest time to transfer a 20-pound weight hand […]

A British Columbia woman captured photos and video when a bear made a late-night visit to her home and raided 69 cans of soda from her car. Sharon Rosel said her dog woke her up at her Earls Cove home about 3 a.m. and she looked outside to see a bear had shattered one of […]

Vehicles stopped on a busy Oregon driver so their drivers could get out and collect an estimated $200,000 thrown out of another driver’s window. The Oregon State Police said Colin Davis McCarthy, 38, threw the cash out of his window on Interstate 5, near mile marker 192 in Eugene. McCarthy, who was not charged with […]

A Massachusetts family used the same set of Keno numbers to win $100,000 from the Massachusetts State Lottery three times in the space of three weeks. Tricia Johnson was playing Keno at Papa Jake’s Sports Bar on Sandwich Road in East Falmouth on March 22 when she scored her first $100,000 prize. Johnson said she played the […]