(UPI) A champion jockey was reunited with his three Melbourne Cup trophies after accidentally leaving them in the back of a taxi cab in Sydney, Australia.

Glen Boss, who scored Melbourne Cup victories in 2003, 2004 and 2005, said he took a cab to a speaking engagement in Sydney and only realized as the vehicle was driving off that he had ...Read more

(UPI) Police investigating a report of a woman acting erratically at the side of a freeway learned she had pulled over as a result of a deadly tiger snake slithering up her leg.

Victoria Police said in a news release that officers responded "to reports of a barefoot woman on the side of the Monash Freeway, near the Toorak Road exit, attempting ...Read more

(UPI) A British man was awarded $2.53 in compensation from Mars Wrigley U.K. after he unwrapped a Mars bar -- known as a Milky Way in the United States -- and found it was missing its signature ripple.

Harry Seager, 34, of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, posted a photo of his unusually smooth candy bar to the Dull Men's Club group on Facebook, and ...Read more

(UPI) Social media star Nick DiGiovanni teamed up with Dunkin' to break the Guinness World Record for the largest iced latte.

DiGiovanni, a chef and social media influencer with multiple Guinness World Records titles, filled an 11-foot tall Dunkin' cup with ice, milk and espresso to take on the record.

Guinness World Records confirmed the ...Read more

(UPI) A Saudi Arabia man earned a Guinness World Record for his collection of 3,053 different pieces of memorabilia related to comic book and TV franchise The Walking Dead.

Dammam resident Rashid Al-Olayan transformed part of his home into a The Walking Dead museum, featuring toys, books, games, statues and artwork stemming from the comic book ...Read more

(UPI) Officials at the Great Salt Lake State Park & Marina in Utah are reminding locals not to brine their Thanksgiving turkeys in the Great Salt Lake after someone's bird washed up on the beach.

The park said on social media that a turkey, still bearing a faded label from the store, washed up on Silver Sands Beach.

Officials said the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A 31-year-old man was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after trying to check two suitcases filled with clothing caked in methamphetamine — including a cow pajama onesie, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Authorities say Raj Matharu of Northridge checked two bags before his Nov. 6 flight to Sydney. But ...Read more

(UPI) Residents of a northern British Columbia community are trying to solve the mystery of a local deer seen wandering around wearing a high-visibility vest.

Andrea Arnold, a McBride resident who works as a reporter for the Rocky Mountain Goat newspaper, snapped photos when she spotted the deer walking around wearing the unusual garment.

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(UPI) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Midwest Fisheries Center shared photos of a telemetry receiver found covered in a living "blob of jelly."

The center said on social media that researchers hauled the receiver up to the surface and were surprised to see it covered in a "blob of jelly" comprised of thousands of animals.

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(UPI) An Australian circus performer put her endurance to the test by breaking two Guinness World Records with an aerial hoop in a single day.

Charlotte "Charli" Meath, 23, took on the records for the most aerial hoop somersaults in one minute (female) and the longest duration shoulder blade hang on aerial hoop at her gym in Geelong, Victoria. ...Read more

(UPI) Police in Washington rounded up a pair of escaped goats that went wandering through a city and chased pedestrians.

The Kent Police Department said on social media that two goats were spotted in the northern part of the city and were "detained for baaaaaadddd behavior."

"We are not sure where they came from, but the two of them got in ...Read more