(UPI) A copy of William Shakespeare's Life of King Henry the Fifth was returned to a New Jersey library 101 years after it was checked out.

Paterson Public Library officials said a woman named Cynthia Delhaie found the book while sorting through the possessions that had belonged to her deceased grandmother, Arlene Delhaie, and discovered the ...Read more

(UPI) A Virginia man said a trip to the store that started with a joke about winning the lottery ended with his winning a $1 million jackpot.

George Hurt told Virginia Lottery officials he and two coworkers went to the 604 Minute Market on Cloverdale Road in Roanoke during their lunch break and he joked to them that he was going to win the ...Read more

(UPI) A pair of twin sisters from Switzerland showed off their inline skating abilities and broke a pair of Guinness World Records in the process.

Naemi and Alena Stump, both 14, took their skates to a vert ramp measuring 12 feet and 9 inches high to break the records for the most synchronized tricks on inline skates in 30 seconds, 11, and the ...Read more

(UPI) Audience members attending an orca show at SeaWorld San Antonio got more than they bargained for when the killer whale defecated in its pool and then splashed the crowd with soiled water.

Alex Bermudez posted a video to TikTok showing the orca swimming in its glass-walled pool with a cloud of whale poop following behind it.

The oceanic ...Read more

(UPI) Authorities in Florida are on the hunt for a kangaroo that reportedly escaped when a bear wandered into its enclosure.

Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said on social media that "Pierson is hopping" after a kangaroo was spotted on the loose in the area.

Chitwood offered an update on the situation in a comment under the post.

"The kangaroo ...Read more

(UPI) A cockatoo that spent nearly a month trapped inside a supermarket in Sydney, Australia, was captured by a wildlife rescuer after weeks of attempts.

The sulphur-crested cockatoo, dubbed Mickey by members of the public, flew into the Coles supermarket in Campbelltown's Macarthur Square shopping center through an open loading dock door and ...Read more

(UPI) Authorities in Massachusetts used a drone and a pair of borrowed boats to rescue a dog who chased some geese out into a lake and became stranded.

The Wellesley Police Department said officers responded alongside the Wellesley Fire Department after a dog was reported stranded in a local lake.

"The dog had gotten away from the owner to ...Read more

(UPI) A Maryland man with a bad habit of letting unchecked lottery tickets accumulate in his car discovered he had been driving around with a Powerball ticket worth $50,000.

The Nottingham man told Maryland Lottery officials he was driving with a friend recently when his passenger decided it was time to check the pile of Powerball tickets he ...Read more

(UPI) Wildlife officials in Florida said mysterious holes appearing along the banks of the state's freshwater rivers have been identified as the work of invasive fish.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Research Institute said on social media that the holes have "become a common sight" on the state's riverbanks.

Biologists...Read more

(UPI) A New Zealand airport posted a sign in its drop-off zone asking passengers and their drivers to limit their farewell hugs to a maximum of three minutes.

Photos of the sign at Dunedin Airport went viral online for its unusual message: "Max hug time 3 minutes. For fonder farewells please use the car park."

Dan De Bono, the airport's chief ...Read more

(UPI) An Illinois man said he only ended up winning a $9,200,000 lottery jackpot because he was having trouble with a vending machine.

The player told Illinois Lottery officials his winning story began with a grocery-buying trip to the Jewel store in Addison.

"It was a normal day, just like any other. I was picking up groceries at Jewel and on...Read more

(UPI) Commuters in New Zealand's capital area faced lengthy delays when a fur seal planted itself in the middle of a set of train tracks.

The country's Department of Conservation said on social media that commuter trains were delayed when the fur seal, also known as a kekeno, was spotted in the middle of the tracks near Ngauranga, a suburb of ...Read more

(UPI) A South Carolina woman said her loyalty to her favorite college team earned her a $200,000 lottery jackpot.

The Upstate woman told South Carolina Education Lottery officials she visited the Walmart on Highway 14 in Simpsonville with the intention of buying two scratch-off lottery tickets: Carolina Jackpot, which has a South Carolina ...Read more

(UPI) A festival in Cyprus took aim at a Guinness World Record by serving up a sheftalia -- a traditional sausage kebab -- measuring 246 feet long.

The St. Lazarus and his Little Friend Savvas festival, an annual charity event honoring St. Lazarus, featured a team of cooks creating the massive kebab in the hopes of setting a world record for ...Read more