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Kentucky woman's $50 lottery prize turns into $100,000

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Kentucky woman's $50 lottery prize turns into $100,000

Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A Kentucky woman said she used part of her $50 lottery prize to splurge on a $30 scratch-off ticket that earned her a $100,000 jackpot.

Airplane wheel crashes down in Chicago neighborhood

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Airplane wheel crashes down in Chicago neighborhood

Inventor unveils airbag jeans to protect motorcyclists in crashes

Odd News // 21 hours ago

Inventor unveils airbag jeans to protect motorcyclists in crashes

Ultrasound photos left in leased car returned to parents 2 years later

Odd News // 22 hours ago

Ultrasound photos left in leased car returned to parents 2 years later

Oklahoma bill would establish a Bigfoot hunting season

Odd News // 23 hours ago

Oklahoma bill would establish a Bigfoot hunting season

Jan. 22 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma state representative introduced a bill that would establish a hunting season for one of the state's most infamous species of alleged native wildlife: Bigfoot.

Company seeking paid 'candyologists' to taste test candy

Odd News // 23 hours ago

Company seeking paid 'candyologists' to taste test candy

Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A Canadian company is seeking full-time and part-time "candyologists" to serve as taste-testers for the company's confections.

British company creates world's largest protein bar

Odd News // 1 day ago

British company creates world's largest protein bar

Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A sports nutrition company in Britain set a Guinness World Record by creating a protein bar weighing nearly 530 pounds.

Goats wander into Utah elementary school

Odd News // 1 day ago

Goats wander into Utah elementary school

Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A Utah school district shared photos from an elementary school that received an unusual visit from a pair of escaped goats.

Christmas gift from boss earns man $200,000 lottery jackpot

Odd News // 1 day ago

Christmas gift from boss earns man $200,000 lottery jackpot

Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man ended up getting a $200,000 Christmas bonus when a scratch-off lottery ticket from a gift bag his boss gave him turned out to be a top prize winner.

Toronto woman finds knife-wielding squirrel in back yard

Odd News // 1 day ago

Toronto woman finds knife-wielding squirrel in back yard

Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A Toronto woman captured video when she looked into her backyard and was confronted with a bizarre sight: a squirrel holding a knife.

Message in a bottle found in Iowa after nearly 40 years

Odd News // 1 day ago

Message in a bottle found in Iowa after nearly 40 years

Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A hunter searching for deer on the shores on Iowa's Saylorville Lake made a surprising discovery: a message in a bottle from 1983.

Reddit helps reunite backpacker with long-lost travel diary

Odd News // 1 day ago

Reddit helps reunite backpacker with long-lost travel diary

Jan. 21 (UPI) -- An Australian man who found an old travel diary in a cupboard at a rental property was able to reunite it with the backpacker who lost the journal about 20 years earlier.

Soccer player kicks 105-yard goal, breaks Guinness World Record

Odd News // 1 day ago

Soccer player kicks 105-yard goal, breaks Guinness World Record

Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The goalkeeper for a professional soccer team in Britain broke a Guinness World Record by kicking a goal from 105 yards away.

Buzz Aldrin blows out 91 candles for his 91st birthday

Odd News // 2 days ago

Buzz Aldrin blows out 91 candles for his 91st birthday

Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin shared a video showing how he celebrated his 91st birthday by blowing out 91 candles atop a cake.

Japanese arcade gets Guinness record for most claw crane machines

Odd News // 2 days ago

Japanese arcade gets Guinness record for most claw crane machines

Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A video game arcade in Japan was awarded a Guinness World Record for the largest number of claw crane machine games in one venue: 477.

Loose cow in Massachusetts captured after six months

Odd News // 2 days ago

Loose cow in Massachusetts captured after six months

Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A cow that was on the loose in a Massachusetts town for more than six months was finally lured into a trailer and will receive a new home at a sanctuary.

Oregon man wins second chance lottery jackpot for a second time

Odd News // 2 days ago

Oregon man wins second chance lottery jackpot for a second time

Jan. 20 (UPI) -- An Oregon man collected $50,000 from a second chance lottery drawing after previously winning $10,000 from a second chance drawing fewer than four years earlier.

Kangaroo born at New York zoo with all-white fur due to rare mutation

Odd News // 2 days ago

Kangaroo born at New York zoo with all-white fur due to rare mutation

Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A red kangaroo born at a New York zoo is drawing attention for a highly unusual feature: its all-white fur.

Deer rescued from basement of house under construction

Odd News // 2 days ago

Deer rescued from basement of house under construction

Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Conservation agents in Missouri rescued a deer that wandered onto a construction site and became trapped in the basement foundation.

Florida man reunited with class ring after 53 years

Odd News // 2 days ago

Florida man reunited with class ring after 53 years

Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A Florida man who lost his high school class ring more than 53 years ago had the item returned to him after its discovery at a U.S. Army base in Hawaii led to a search for its owner.

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