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• Oddities · Oct 24, 2026

  A Giant Inflatable Pumpkin Broke Loose From a North Carolina Farm and Rolled Down the Road

  The farm says the pumpkin has been "rehomed" somewhere it doesn't expect it to escape again.

• Records · Oct 24, 2026

  A Rhode Island Grower's 3,156-Pound Pumpkin Is the First Ever to Top 3,000 Pounds

  The world record for heaviest pumpkin fell twice in one week. The second time, it wasn't close.

• Oddities · Oct 24, 2026

  Police Say a Suspected Street Racer Fled Onto an Active Airport Runway and Crashed Into a Jet

  The chase started because the car was going too slow. It ended inside an airplane hangar.

• Oddities · Oct 24, 2026

  Thieves Hit a FedEx Truck for Nearly $1 Million. The Loot Was Pokémon and Sports Cards

  No diamonds, no cash, no armored car. Just two pallets of cardboard that collectors say can't be replaced.

• Money · Oct 24, 2026

  Her Aunt Mailed Birthday Money. One $20 Online Lottery Play Turned It Into $150,000

  She was so sure it was a mistake that she wondered if she'd been playing in demo mode. She hadn't.

• Money · Oct 23, 2026

  A Video Game Could Cost the US $1 Billion in Sick Days. An Economist Says Relax

  The headline number is huge. Where it came from, and what an economist thinks of it, is the fun part.

• Records · Oct 23, 2026

  She Hip-Thrusted 639 Pounds for a World Record. She Left 31 Pounds on the Table on Purpose

  She could have gone heavier. She didn't, and the reason is a very modern problem.

• Travel · Oct 23, 2026

  He Started Walking Home in 1998. He Thought It Would Take 12 Years. He's Almost There

  He walked across 29 countries and crossed the Bering Strait on sea ice. Now that he's almost home, he says something nobody expects.

• Heartwarming · Oct 23, 2026

  A Kid's Stuffed Cat Fell Into a Storm Drain. The City Sent Public Works.

  A city crew lifted a storm drain grate for a rescue that showed up in no emergency log. The patient was a cat, sort of.

• Records · Oct 23, 2026

  It Took Surveyors to Measure This Texas Food Truck. It's Over 76 Feet Long.

  It has a pizza oven, a DJ booth and a TV for football. It took professional surveyors just to measure the thing.

• Animals · Oct 23, 2026

  A Cow Escaped, Hit the Baltimore Beltway and Ended Up in Police Custody

  Police got a string of 911 calls, a highway chase and a suspect who wouldn't stop. The way the police report describes her is the best part.

• Records · Oct 23, 2026

  Texas Racetrack Unveils a 47-Foot Cowboy Hat. Guinness Says It's the World's Largest.

  It's 43 feet wide, 17 feet tall and has a working bar underneath. Just in time for the Grand Prix weekend.

• Oddities · Oct 23, 2026

  A Forgotten Lottery Ticket Fell Out of a Sun Visor. It Was Worth $30,000.

  He tucked it in the visor and forgot about it. Weeks later at a gas pump, it fell into his lap worth $30,000.

• Animals · Oct 23, 2026

  A 7-Week-Old Kitten Dodged Traffic on I-93. Rescuers Named Her Freeway.

  A Good Samaritan pulled her out of I-93 traffic. Now she's in foster care, and the rescue says she's proof black cats aren't bad luck.

• Animals · Oct 23, 2026

  A Pet Kangaroo Named Ollie Hopped Loose in Tennessee. He Never Went Far.

  A purple leash, a two-day search and a sighting 15 miles away. Turns out Ollie never left the neighborhood.

• Animals · Oct 23, 2026

  Two Pittsburgh Zoo Pelicans Caught a Gust, Flew the Coop and Went Down to the River

  Clipped wings, a strong gust and one long afternoon on the Allegheny River. The zoo even set up a pelican hotline.

• Odd News · Oct 22, 2026

  A Roman Coffin at Westminster Abbey Held a Man Who Lived 700 Years Too Late

  Carbon dating puts the skeleton in a fourth-century coffin at 987 to 1052 AD, and the Abbey's archaeologist names Abbot Aelfwig as the likeliest occupant.

• Odd News · Oct 22, 2026

  A Moose Picked a Fight With a Fence. A Deputy With Garden Shears Settled It.

  Body camera video shows a Latah County deputy snipping wire from a tangled juvenile moose until it bolted.

• Odd News · Oct 22, 2026

  A Bear Broke Into a Library on Pooh's 100th Birthday and Went Straight for the Honey

  Security cameras caught a black bear inside a California library before opening on the 100th anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh.

• Odd News · Oct 22, 2026

  A parrot took over O'Hare check-in for hours. The janitor ended it.

  No ticket. No passport. No chill. One parrot ran an airport line for hours.

• Animals · Oct 22, 2026

  Officials Guided Busan's Famous Canal Shark Out to Sea. Then It Swam Right Back.

  After a month of trying, officials finally got the city's famous shark out of the canal. Then it came back.

• Odd News · Oct 22, 2026

  Second Loose Emu in a Week Chased Through Santa Cruz

  Officials want you to know this was NOT a repeat offender. It was a brand-new emu.

• Odd News · Oct 22, 2026

  Rocket Debris Found in Minnesota Cornfield, Experts Say

  Corn, corn, corn... rocket. One Minnesota harvest got a surprise delivery from orbit.

• Records · Oct 22, 2026

  An Ohio Pumpkin Just Weighed 2,455 Pounds and Broke a Festival Record Going Back to 1903

  Ohio's biggest pumpkin party has a new champion, and it weighs more than a ton.

• Odd News · Oct 22, 2026

  Oklahoma Deputies Catch Escaped Pet Caiman by Hand

  It's not an alligator. It's a caiman with a two-month head start.

• Odd News · Oct 22, 2026

  Georgia Firefighters Rescue Pet Chameleon From Tree

  Hard to rescue something that's actively trying to look like the tree.

• Oddities · Oct 22, 2026

  A Library Book Due Back in 1933 Just Got Returned. The Fine Would Be 6,757 Euros.

  The borrower had one question when they returned it: is there a fine?

• Records · Oct 22, 2026

  South Africa Says Its 4.7-Mile Train Just Took the World Record Back From Australia

  Transnet says its 696-car train is the longest freight train ever run. Guinness hasn't signed off yet.

• Science · Oct 22, 2026

  Dwarf Reed Snakes Cartwheel Away From Danger at Up to 12 Feet per Second, Study Finds

  Most snakes slither when they're scared. These ones flip into a wheel and roll.