Monday, 18 January, 2021
A goat and a dog who were each elected mayor have helped raise money to renovate a Vermont community playground
Could Kamala Harris wear a sari on inauguration day?
The question has been posed to Harris before -- during her own presidential campaign in 2019
Humane Society: 97 cats survive house fire; some injured
Nearly 100 cats have survived a house fire in a town outside Rochester, New York, according to an animal protection group
Cafe, croissant, worms? EU agency says worms safe to eat
The European Union’s food safety agency says worms are safe to eat
Indian jeweller plans to buy Trump's Rolls-Royce phantom
The Rolls-Royce Phantom which was used by President Trump is of a luxury variety that comes with a theater package, starlight headliner, and electronic curtains
Mysterious fish ‘Mayurpankhi’ in Sylhet Market
‘Mayurpankhi’ fish caught by fisherman is now in the fish market of Sylhet
Doggie desserts: Ben & Jerry’s enters the pet food business
The venerable Vermont ice cream company said Monday it’s introducing a line of frozen dog treats
Man sparks outrage as he says 'kids sitting in trolleys should be banned'
The post quickly amassed more than 1,900 comments with the majority of people disagreeing with him
Film festival wants someone to go to a remote island alone to watch its films
Being invited to a remote barren island to spend seven days alone may sound like the start of a thriller
Identical twins aren’t perfect clones, research shows
A mutation means an alteration in a sequence of DNA — a tiny change that is not inherently good or bad
Remorseful man returns statue’s stolen sword after 40 years
A veteran returned a sword he stole from a statue of a Revolutionary War general 40 years ago
Australian advert of man eating bat sandwich investigated
An advert that shows a man eating a bat sandwich is being investigated by Australia's advertising watchdog
Japan's top sumo wrestler infected with coronavirus
Japan's top-ranked sumo wrestler Hakuho has tested positive for coronavirus
1,400-yr-old tomb with white marble bed reveals
Archaeologists have discovered a 1,400-year-old tomb containing a white marble bed in central China
Woman falls down 650-foot cliff moments after proposal
This is not the first time that a romantic proposal has gone wrong
Live frog found inside boxed salad greens: 'How did that get in there?'
A Wisconsin family was making dinner recently when one member noticed a live frog wriggling inside a sealed box
Gingerbread monolith delights San Francisco on Christmas Day
In true pop-up art fashion, a nearly 7-foot-tall monolith made of gingerbread mysteriously appeared on a San Francisco hilltop
Sperm donor with 150 kids defends extreme 'natural urge' to father children
Joe Donor, who is currently on a UK 'baby-making' tour, says he has the same biological drive
Over 900-yr-old Buddhist cliff carvings found in north China
A group of Buddhist cliff carvings created during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) have been discovered in…
Huge crocodile drags cheetah into water in horrifying video
Horrifying footage shows the moment a cheetah is dragged into water by a 13-foot crocodile in South Africa
Man dressed as Santa rescued from power lines in California
Santa found himself a little more tied up than usual this time of year
Motorist rescued after 10 hours in car buried by snow plow
Kevin Kresen of Candor drove off the road in the town of Owego and became plowed in by a truck
Twin sisters born to two different womb
With their identical features and matching dresses, they look every inch like twins
Prague zoo’s month-old Sumatran orangutan finally has a name
Prague’s zoo said on Wednesday it has finally completed the process of naming a critically endangered Sumatran orangutan baby
Man drops iPhone from plane which survives, records video of fall
The filmmaker and environmentalist was flying over a beach in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, on Friday when he put his iPhone 6S out of the small airplane's window
Giant 20lbs pet rabbit loves watching Strictly on TV
Jester the giant rabbit is so big he has his own bedroom in his owner's home. And Lyn Hobson admits her 20lb pet
Man dreams of bizarre 'King's Hand' recipe
If you are a fan of fantasy/period series 'Game Of Thrones', you would know what a 'King's Hand' means
Three snow leopards test positive for coronavirus
It's the sixth animal species confirmed to have been infected with the virus after human contact
Precious painting lost at German airport found at dumpster
A surrealist painting worth more than a quarter million euros (dollars) that was forgotten by a businessman
Mum of twins slammed after tattooing one so she can tell them apart
A woman who was struggling to tell her twins apart had one tattooed, leaving her mother-in-law furious
92-year-old man finds college jacket with social media help
More than 60 years after Mal Osborn earned a varsity letter jacket from the University of Maine as a track runner
Man discovers his year four school photo has been viral internet meme for years
A man was left shocked when he discovered that a photo of him as an eight-year-old had been turned into a meme
'Magical' monolith appears on Isle of Wight beach in UK
A monolith, similar to those found in the US and Romania in recent days, has mysteriously appeared in Britain
Japanese smart mask can translate into eight languages
In conjunction with an app, the C-Face Smart mask can transcribe dictation, amplify the wearer's voice
Traffic officer 'gobsmacked' after filming ‘UFO’ hovering in skies while on patrol
A retired cop who claims he witnessed an infamous UFO has spoken out ahead of the 40th anniversary
Wife makes man sell his PS5 because it wasn't an air purifier
If you are ruing about how you have not been able to get your hands on a PlayStation 5 yet, a Taiwanese man was made to sell off his PS5 because it wasn’t an air purifier as his wife expected
NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid
A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed
Days after US Desert mystery, another Metal Monolith found in Romania
A metal monolith which mysteriously appeared on a hilltop in northern Romania has sparked curiosity
Singapore approves lab-grown 'chicken' meat
Singapore has given regulatory approval for the world’s first “clean meat” that does not come from slaughtered animals
Church that was 'essentially a bush' looks unrecognisable after dramatic transformation
An 800-year-old church which fell into disrepair after decades of disuse has been given an incredible makeover