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Man wins $3 million lottery prize due to forgetting his lunch

Odd News // 3 weeks ago

Man wins $3 million lottery prize due to forgetting his lunch

Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A Missouri Lottery player won a $3 million jackpot from a ticket he only bought as a result of forgetting his lunch.

Kentucky transit group's giant thumbtack is largest in the world

Odd News // 3 weeks ago

Kentucky transit group's giant thumbtack is largest in the world

Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A giant thumbtack measuring 21 feet and 7 inches tall in Kentucky was dubbed the world's largest pin by Guinness World Records.

Three goats and a dog wander to Massachusetts fire station

Odd News // 3 weeks ago

Three goats and a dog wander to Massachusetts fire station

Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Massachusetts spotted three goats and a dog wandering loose near their station and brought the animals inside.

Maryland man's $2 Powerball prize leads to $50,000 win

Odd News // 3 weeks ago

Maryland man's $2 Powerball prize leads to $50,000 win

Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A Maryland Lottery player won $2 from a Powerball drawing and decided to use it to buy another ticket, which earned him $50,000.

Oregon man paddles pumpkin 45.67 miles to break world record

Odd News // 3 weeks ago

Oregon man paddles pumpkin 45.67 miles to break world record

Oct. 31 (UPI) -- An Oregon man hollowed out his prized 1,214-pound pumpkin and plunged it into a Washington river for a record-breaking 45.67-mile paddling journey.

England mall attempts ghostly world record for Halloween

Odd News // 3 weeks ago

England mall attempts ghostly world record for Halloween

Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A shopping mall in Dorchester, England, is attempting to break a spooky world record by gathering at least 561 people in ghost costumes.

Firefighters rescue horse stuck in river

Odd News // 3 weeks ago

Firefighters rescue horse stuck in river

Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Firefighters in England responded to the River Trent to rescue a horse that wandered into the water and became stuck in silt.

Burglar bear destroys pickup truck from the inside out

Odd News // 4 weeks ago

Burglar bear destroys pickup truck from the inside out

Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A Montana woman getting ready for work went out to her pickup truck and discovered it had been torn apart from the inside out by a black bear.

Police warn of plastic pumpkin dangers to deer in Ohio

Odd News // 4 weeks ago

Police warn of plastic pumpkin dangers to deer in Ohio

Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Police in Ohio are warning Halloween revelers about the dangers posed by plastic pumpkin buckets after multiple deer were spotted with the containers stuck over their heads.

Idaho woman wins the lottery for second time in 10 years

Odd News // 4 weeks ago

Idaho woman wins the lottery for second time in 10 years

Oct. 30 (UPI) -- An Idaho woman won a $70,000 lottery prize almost exactly 10 years after winning $100,000.

New Zealand city bids farewell to 'disturbing' hand sculpture

Odd News // 4 weeks ago

New Zealand city bids farewell to 'disturbing' hand sculpture

Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A controversial sculpture of a giant hand with a human face is being removed from atop a gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, after overlooking the city for five years.

Maryland historical society seeks to identify mystery machine

Odd News // 4 weeks ago

Maryland historical society seeks to identify mystery machine

Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Historians in Maryland are asking for the public's help to identify a mysterious machine donated to a museum in the 1990s.

Romanian pianist hits piano key 500 times in 30 seconds

Odd News // 4 weeks ago

Romanian pianist hits piano key 500 times in 30 seconds

Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A fast-fingered concert pianist from Romania unofficially broke a Guinness World Record by hitting a piano key 500 times in 30 seconds.

Birthday present from aunt earns Ky. woman a $36,000 lottery prize

Odd News // 4 weeks ago

Birthday present from aunt earns Ky. woman a $36,000 lottery prize

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A Kentucky woman won a $36,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket she received as a birthday gift from her aunt.

Large alligator wanders the tarmac at Florida airport

Odd News // 4 weeks ago

Large alligator wanders the tarmac at Florida airport

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A passenger on a plane at a Florida airport captured video of the moment a large alligator wandered among the planes on the tarmac.

Idaho man breaks world record for sorting Peanut M&M's

Odd News // 4 weeks ago

Idaho man breaks world record for sorting Peanut M&M's

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- An Idaho man put his color-coding skills to the test and broke a world record by sorting 17.6 ounces of Peanut M&M's by color in 57.78 seconds.

Security camera catches bear rolling trash can like a human

Odd News // 4 weeks ago

Security camera catches bear rolling trash can like a human

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- An Alabama couple's home security camera captured the moment a bear stood up on its hind legs to roll their trash can out toward -- but not quite to -- the road.

'Halloween crab' stows away on plane from Costa Rica to Denver

Odd News // 4 weeks ago

'Halloween crab' stows away on plane from Costa Rica to Denver

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A "Halloween crab" that stowed away on a flight from Costa Rica to Denver International Airport has a new home at the Denver Zoo.

Man reunited after 54 years with ring lost on golf course

Odd News // 4 weeks ago

Man reunited after 54 years with ring lost on golf course

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A Florida man who lost his U.S. Naval Academy class ring on a Pennsylvania golf course was reunited with the prized item by a fellow golfer 54 years later.

N.C. man finds $20 on the ground, uses it to win $1M lottery prize

Odd News // 4 weeks ago

N.C. man finds $20 on the ground, uses it to win $1M lottery prize

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man found a $20 bill on the ground and used it to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket that earned him a $1 million prize.

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