Watch: Large python found perched on AC unit inside home

Odd News // 8 hours ago

Virginia Lottery player wins wife a $986,399 birthday gift

May 4 (UPI) — A Virginia man played an online lottery game on his wife’s birthday and ended up winning her a $986,399 present.

Odd News // 8 hours ago

California man does 12,412 pull-ups in 24 hours

May 4 (UPI) — A 22-year-old Virginia athlete was able to perform 12,412 pull-ups in 24 hours in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record.

Odd News // 8 hours ago

Robot passenger causes flight delay in California

May 4 (UPI) — A Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland, Calif., to San Diego was delayed for more than an hour due to an unusual passenger — a robot.

Odd News // 10 hours ago

Blue heron rescued from giant oyster clamped onto its foot

May 4 (UPI) — Animal rescuers in British Columbia came to the rescue of a blue heron that turned out to have a talon stuck inside a giant oyster’s shell.

Odd News // 10 hours ago

California cat’s successful coyote defense caught on camera

May 4 (UPI) — A home security camera in California captured the moment a neighbor’s cat successfully fought off a coyote and fled up a nearby tree.

Odd News // 3 days ago

N.C. man’s son’s birthday numbers deliver big lottery jackpot

May 1 (UPI) — A North Carolina man who always uses his son’s birthday to play the Cash 5 lottery drawing ended up scoring a $341,844 jackpot.

Odd News // 3 days ago

Crying kitten rescued from Texas storm drain

May 1 (UPI) — Animal services officers in Texas teamed up with public works personnel to rescue a kitten heard crying from inside a storm drain.

Odd News // 3 days ago

7-foot alligator caught trying to cross Florida highway

May 1 (UPI) — Sheriff’s deputies in Florida helped wrangle a 7-foot alligator found jaywalking across a busy highway in Hillsborough County.

Odd News // 3 days ago

‘Escaped zebra’ in Armenia was a painted donkey

May 1 (UPI) — Officials at a zoo in Armenia said reports of an escaped zebra were the result of a donkey that had been painted black and white as a prank.

Odd News // 3 days ago

Baby eagle returns to nest after surgery to remove fish hook

May 1 (UPI) — A 2-week-old baby bald eagle is back in a Pennsylvania nest with its family after undergoing surgery to remove a fish hook from its stomach.