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Restaurant breaks kebab world record at Australian festival
(UPI) An Australian restaurant cooked up 1,212 pounds of kebab meat and french fries to feed festival attendees and break a Guinness World Record.
The King Kebab House in Campbelltown, New South Wales, started with 660 pounds of uncooked fries and more than 1,300 pounds of uncooked chicken and beef to break the record at the Campbelltown Street...Read more
Forgotten $10 bill leads Mo. man to $100,000 lottery prize
(UPI) A Missouri man unexpectedly found a forgotten $10 bill in his pocket and used it to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket that earned him $100,000.
The St. Louis County man told Missouri Lottery officials he stopped at the QuikTrip store on Hampton Avenue in St. Louis and discovered there was a forgotten $10 bill in his pocket.
"I used $5 of ...Read more
Highway driver finds venomous snake slithering up her leg
(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
Man compensated $2.53 after unwrapping smooth Mars bar
(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
World's largest iced latte served in 11-foot tall cup
(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
Kentucky man's lottery numbers hit big after 9 years
(UPI) A Kentucky man won a lottery jackpot worth $25,000 a year for life after using the same set of lucky numbers for nine years.
Lexington resident Billy Glenn told Kentucky Lottery officials he played the same set of numbers in the Lucky For Life drawing for nine years and seven months.
Glenn said the numbers represent anniversaries and ...Read more
'Walking Dead' superfan's collection earns Guinness World Record
(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
Officials: Don't brine your turkey in the Great Salt Lake
(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
Man tried to fly from LAX with 71 pounds of meth-caked clothing, including cow onesie, officials say
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
Deer wearing high-visibility vest seen wandering British Columbia town
(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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Iowa man credits late grandfather for $25,000 lottery win
(UPI) An Iowa man who stopped to buy flowers to commemorate the anniversary of his grandfather's death ended up winning a $25,000 lottery prize.
Myles Jones, 21, of Washington, told Iowa Lottery officials he stopped at the Fareway store on North Marion Avenue in Washington to buy flowers for his mother, aunt and grandmother to mark a special ...Read more
USFWS equipment found covered in living 'blob of jelly'
(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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Circus performer breaks two world records on the aerial hoop
(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
Two goats 'detained' after being caught chasing pedestrians
(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
St. Louis Zoo announces birth of baby Asian elephant
(UPI) The St. Louis Zoo in Missouri announced the birth of a male baby Asian elephant, the first of his species to be conceived via artificial insemination at the facility.
The zoo said in a news release that 17-year-old Asian elephant Jade gave birth to the baby boy at 4:32 a.m. Saturday.
The baby, named Jet, marks the first successful case ...Read more
Swimming raccoons rescued from Rhode Island drain
(UPI) Rhode Island Department of Transportation workers cleaning out catch basins made a startling discovery -- two trapped raccoons treading water in a rapidly-filling drain.
The Westerly Animal Shelter said on social media that RIDOT crews checking on catch basins discovered two raccoons stranded in one of the drains as it was filling with ...Read more
132-year-old message in a bottle uncovered at Scottish lighthouse
(UPI) An engineer conducting an inspection at a 209-year-old Scottish lighthouse discovered a message in a bottle dating back 132 years.
Ross Russell, a Northern Lighthouse Board mechanical engineer, removed some panels in a cupboard at Corsewall Lighthouse, located at the northern tip of the Rhins of Galloway, and spotted a bottle hidden ...Read more
Serial shoe thief at kindergarten identified as a weasel
(UPI) Police set up security cameras at a Japanese school after students' shoes started disappearing and the culprit was ultimately identified as a furry footwear fan -- a weasel.
The Gosho Kodomo-en kindergarten in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture, contacted police for help after 15 shoes vanished from the school in early November, and three more were...Read more
Firefighters hoist horse out of frigid canal
(UPI) Firefighters in England came to the rescue of an "adventurous horse" that ended up stranded in the frigid waters of a canal.
The Alfreton Community Fire Station said on social media that the Blue Watch Alfreton crew responded with support from the Eastwood on-call fire station after "an adventurous horse had found its way out of its field...Read more
Hawk swoops toward chicken coop, gets caught in netting
(UPI) A hungry hawk swooped toward a Connecticut homeowner's chicken coop and became stuck in the surrounding netting.
The New Canaan Police Department said Animal Control Officer Sean Godejohn responded to a home where a hawk had gotten stuck in the netting around a chicken coop.
"It is common for animals to get tangled in netting," Godejohn ...Read more