Look: Trapped cat rescued from well in Virginia

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Minnesota man plays world’s fastest round of disc golf

Feb. 11 (UPI) — A Minnesota man who considers himself a “recreational” disc golf player broke a world record in the sport by completing a full 18-hole round of disc golf in 4 minutes and 58.76 seconds.

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Company offers $45-per-fish bounty on 27,000 escaped salmon

Feb. 11 (UPI) — A seafood company that lost about 27,000 salmon from a fish farm off the coast of Norway is offering a bounty of about $45 per fugitive fish caught.

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Plane grounded for two days after stowaway cat enters electrical bay

Feb. 11 (UPI) — A Ryanair flight bound for Germany was grounded for two days in Rome after a stowaway cat was found to have climbed into the plane’s electrical bay.

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Thousands of chopsticks spill onto California highway

Feb. 10 (UPI) — California Highway Patrol officers were left playing “a giant game of pick-up sticks” when a truck spilled its load of chopsticks onto the highway.

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Leftover spare change earns Michigan man big lottery jackpot

Feb. 10 (UPI) — A Michigan man who had some spare change after buying groceries decided to spend it on a lottery ticket that earned him a prize of $25,000 a year for life.

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World’s tallest water buffalo is more than 6 feet tall

Feb. 10 (UPI) — A 3-year-old water buffalo living at a farm in Thailand has been named the tallest in the world, with a height of 6 feet and .8 inches from hoof to withers.

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Wandering monkey blamed for nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka

Feb. 10 (UPI) — Officials in Sri Lanka said a monkey in the wrong place at the wrong time was to blame for a power blackout that affected the entire nation.

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Apple juggler takes 198 bites in one minute

Feb. 10 (UPI) — Serial Guinness World Record-breaker David Rush took his juggling skills — and his snacking prowess — to the extreme by taking 198 bites out of three apples while juggling the fruits for one minute.

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Stuck horse hoisted out of septic tank in Colorado

Feb. 10 (UPI) — Emergency responders in Colorado came together to conduct an unusual rescue after a horse was found with the back half of its body stuck in a septic tank.

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Firefighters use ropes to rescue deer stranded on the ice

Feb. 7 (UPI) — Firefighters in British Columbia ventured out onto a frozen river to rescue a deer that wandered onto the ice and found itself unable to stand on the slippery surface.