Today's Top Odd News Story
'Catman' to the rescue, as man pulls stuck Long Island pet to safety after long ordeal
He doesn’t wear a mask or cape, but John DeBacker is a hero to one Long Island family More »
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Fire up the grills! Thousands of South Africans try to set a record for the biggest cookout
Thousands of determined and hungry South Africans descended on a sports stadium in an attempt to break the world record for the biggest cookout More »
Fat Bear Week opens for Alaska’s heavyweight crown. Can Chunk, the 1,200-pound champ, win again?
After a summer spent packing away sockeye salmon, Alaska’s heftiest brown bears are ready to throw their weight around More »
A raccoon boot camp in Mississippi teaches abandoned kits survival skills
A Mississippi wildlife rescue gives abandoned and injured baby raccoons their best chance of survival through a program they call “raccoon boot camp.” More »
Oxford English Dictionary adds several words long used in the Caribbean and Bermuda
The Oxford English Dictionary has officially added over a dozen Caribbean words." More »
Amateur archaeologist finds Germany’s biggest hoard of ancient Roman silver coins
An amateur archaeologist has discovered a significant hoard of Roman silver coins in western Germany More »
A truck driver built a model of NYC with over 800,000 structures for fun. Now it's a museum exhibit
A truck driver who spent two decades building a massive scale model of his native New York City was delighted when it went viral on TikTok More »
A tip about a swerving van leads police to 66,000 US silver coins in a fraud case
Police investigating a money laundering case in Norway have recovered thousands of U.S. silver coins More »
Romania sets Guinness record with miles-long table, raises funds for pediatric psychiatry hospital
Thousands of people have gathered in Romania’s capital to set a Guinness World Record with a miles-long table made of recycled materials More »
Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area
Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area on a habitat restoration project when something that didn’t look like the rocks she’d been studying caught her eye More »
