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Hotels reveal most unusual lost and found items, room service requests

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Hotels.com revealed some of the most unusual items left behind at its partner hotels around the world, including a pet lizard, as well as some of the most bizarre room service requests. The website’s annual Hotel Room Innsights Report, based on data from more than 400 hotels across the

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New Guinness World Records book features dog tricks, giant toothbrush

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Guinness World Records released its annual book Tuesday, and along with it a slew of new records including dog tricks, magic tricks, skateboarding feats and the world’s largest electric toothbrush. The record-keeping organization released Guinness World Records 2025 in stores and online Tuesday, and the tome contains information on 2,115 world records, including

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N.C. woman wins second major Cash 5 lottery prize in under a year

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A North Carolina woman won $346,088 from a Cash 5 lottery drawing, her second major jackpot after previously winning $100,000 less than a year ago. Newport resident Cathy Noe told North Carolina Education Lottery officials she stopped at the C Co Mini Mart on U.S. 70 in Newport and bought a $1 ticket for the […]

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Grape spill causes traffic ‘jam’ on California highway

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Commuters on a California highway were given ample reason to “wine” when a semi crash caused the roadway to become covered in crushed grapes. The California Highway Patrol said a crash involving two semis and a pickup truck caused one of the big rigs to spill its load of grapes on Highway 165, north of […]

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Massachusetts man’s lottery numbers hit $1m after trying for 20 years

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A Massachusetts man scored a $1 million Mega Million prize using the same set of numbers he has played for 20 years — and his wife previously collected her own $1 million jackpot. Blackstone resident Thomas Ensko told Massachusetts State Lottery officials the numbers he selected for his Mega Millions ticket at Anderson’s Variety in […]

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South African farmers grow world’s heaviest plum

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A pair of South African farmers harvesting their crops made a startling discovery: a record-breaking plum weighing in at 16.3 ounces. Dean and Deon Barnard, owners of the Oppie Plaas Boerdery farm, said they never set out to break records with their plums. “It hasn’t been bred to set records,” Dean Barnard told Guinness World […]

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Carrie Fisher’s ‘Star Wars’ gold bikini auctioned for $175,000

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The infamous gold bikini sported by Princess Leia in 1983’s Return of the Jedi sold for $175,000 at an auction that also featured a screen-used Y-wing model selling for $1.55 million. Heritage Auctions said the July 24-25 Hollywood/Entertainment Signature Auction featured a number of Star Wars artifacts, including the “Slave Leia” bikini famously worn by

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Sneaky seagull steals bags of chips from convenience store

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A seagull became a viral star after he was captured on video performing his favorite activity: stealing potato chips from a convenience store. Workers at the Central store in Wyke Regis, Dorset, England, said the bird, dubbed Steven Seagull by staff, has been sneaking in to steal bags of chips for about six years. “Trying […]

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Headless ‘woman’ on New Zealand beach was a life-sized doll

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A New Zealand woman found what appeared to be a headless corpse on the beach, but was relieved when police determined it was actually a life-sized adult toy. Alice Cowdrey said she and her dog, Sadie, were walking on Tapuae Beach, south of New Plymouth in the Taranaki region, when the canine led her to […]

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Woman wins $300,000 lottery prize right after losing her job

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A South Carolina woman experienced a reversal of fortune when she won a $300,000 lottery prize just days after losing her job. The Lowcountry woman told South Carolina Education Lottery officials she visited The Old Pantry store on Ribaut Road in Beaufort and bought a $10 $300,000 Gold Rush scratch-off ticket. The woman, who had […]

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Smooth hammerhead shark makes rare visit to Cape Cod

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A smooth hammerhead shark was caught on camera making a rare visit to the waters of Cape Cod. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy shared photos on social media showing the smooth hammerhead swimming in Cape Cod off the coast of Monomoy Island. The conservancy said the photos were snapped July 20 by witness L. Bovenzi, […]

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Yellow boa constrictor found wandering in Kentucky neighborhood

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A reported snake on the loose in a Kentucky neighborhood turned out to be a surprisingly friendly yellow boa constrictor. Paducah Police Department officers responded alongside Director of Animal Control James Holler when the snake was spotted Tuesday on North 11th Street. A local man shared photos of the snake before and after its capture. […]

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Woman learns of $207,199 lottery prize from email in spam folder

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A Michigan woman found what appeared to be a suspicious email in her spam folder, but soon discovered she had actually won a $207,199 lottery prize. The 54-year-old Macomb County woman told Michigan Lottery officials she was wary of the email because she didn’t realize she had been earning Second Chance drawing entries by playing […]

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Bear opens SUV door in Tennessee hotel parking lot

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A hungry bear wandered into a hotel parking lot in Tennessee and opened the door of an SUV while the vehicle’s owner stood on the other side. A visitor to the Gatlinburg hotel captured video when the bruin approached the silver SUV in the parking lot and opened the passenger-side front and back doors, all […]

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Massive dragonfly swarms descend on Rhode Island beach

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Visitors to a Rhode Island beach found their peaceful day interrupted when massive swarms of dragonflies came in from the water. Beachgoers at Misquamicut Beach in Westerly captured video of the moment when hundreds of thousands of dragonflies suddenly appeared. Mark Stickney, who posted footage of the swarm to Facebook, told WBZ-TV he “started seeing […]

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Bodybuilding chef chops his way to 9 new world records

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A chef, bodybuilder and social media star added nine Guinness World Records to his name by chopping vegetables at lightning speed — some of them while blindfolded. Canadian Wallace Wong, 33, aka the Six Pack Chef on TikTok, brought his total number of Guinness World Records titles to 11 by taking on a series of […]