(UPI) A kangaroo that escaped from its Florida enclosure while fleeing from a bear has been safely returned home three weeks later.

Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said the kangaroo was first spotted hopping around Pierson on Oct. 17 and was later found to have escaped from its owner's property "due to a bear entering its enclosure."

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(UPI) The 2024 Egg Fair in Mexico broke a Guinness World Record when more than 2,000 young people participated in a race while balancing eggs on spoons.

The fair, organized by the Tepatitlán Poultry Farmers Association in Jalisco, featured nearly 2,700 students from a local high school racing 100 meters -- 328 feet -- while balancing eggs on ...Read more

(UPI) A North Carolina man's age turned out to be a lucky number when it inspired him to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket worth $200,000.

Jamar Tillman of High Point told North Carolina Education Lottery officials he was at Green Street Grocery on East Green Drive in High Point when he spotted a familiar number.

"I'm 44 years old and when I ...Read more

(UPI) Animal rescuers in Texas came to the assistance of a fox that apparently attempted to scale a wooden fence and ended up dangling by its caught leg.

The Austin Animal Center said on social media that animal protection officers responded to an address where a fox was found with its back leg stuck in a fence.

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(UPI) A black bear with a sweet tooth visited the front porch of a Connecticut home to raid a bowl of Halloween candy and steal a pumpkin.

Crystal Cooke shared security camera footage showing the bear taking the bowl of Halloween candy she left out for trick-or-treaters last week and settling down to enjoy the snack in front of her porch.

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(UPI) Police in a small South Carolina town are warning residents to keep their doors and windows locked after 43 monkeys escaped from a research facility.

The Yemassee Police Department issued an alert on social media confirming that 40 primates had escaped Wednesday night from the Alpha Genesis facility in Beaufort County.

"Residents are ...Read more

(UPI) A South Carolina woman ended up calling the police for help after she walked into her apartment's bathroom and found a large ball python behind her toilet.

The Richland County Sheriff's Department said the Columbia woman discovered the snake in her bathroom at 5 a.m. Tuesday and -- after screaming in surprise -- called police for help.

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(UPI) A zoo on England's Isle of Wight announced the saga of its escaped raccoons came to a happy ending with the final animal safely recaptured.

The Amazon World Zoo Park in Sandown said the fourth and final escaped raccoon was located and safely returned to the zoo on Tuesday.

Zoo officials said on social media that the four raccoon sisters ...Read more

(UPI) A Maryland Lottery player said following a friend's advice led to her winning a $30,000 prize from a Fast Play game.

The St. Mary's County woman, nicknamed Kitty Cat, told Maryland Lottery officials she has been playing various lottery games for years, including scratch-offs and Racetrax.

Kitty Cat said she recently started playing Fast ...Read more

(UPI) A message in a bottle tossed into an Ontario lake as part of a school project was found by a student at the same school 26 years later.

Makenzie Van Eyk was a fourth grade student at St. John the Baptist Catholic Elementary School in Belle River when she and her classmates threw messages in bottles into Lake St. Clair.

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(UPI) A book is back at a Massachusetts library after being returned to another facility 51 years past its due date.

The Worcester Public Library said its only copy of The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley was due back May 22, 1973, but failed to show up on time.

Alex London, the genealogy and local history librarian with the Worcester Public ...Read more

(UPI) A North Carolina man used the zip code of his new investment property to play the lottery and won a $50,000 prize.

The Baltimore man told Maryland Lottery officials he chose the numbers 2-8-0-0-1 when he bought his Pick 5 ticket from the Victory 1 store on East Green Street in Westminster because they match the zip code of the investment ...Read more

(UPI) A hotel in the Philippines that stands 114 feet, 7 inches tall was awarded a Guinness World record for the largest building in the shape of a chicken.

Campuestohan Highland Resort, located in Negros Occidental, unveiled its new rooster-shaped building, which features 15 air-conditioned hotel rooms.

Ricardo Cano Gwapo Tan said he wanted ...Read more