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Lifeboat crew on rescue call finds another station’s lost dummy
An RNLI crew from Filey, England, was called out on a report of a person in the water and arrived to find it was a training dummy lost two weeks earlier by an RNLI crew from…
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N.C. woman wins second major Cash 5 lottery prize in under a year
A North Carolina woman won a $346,088 jackpot from a Cash 5 drawing less than a year after winning $100,000 in the same game. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo…
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South African farmers grow world’s heaviest plum
Dean and Deon Barnard earned a Guinness World Record when they harvested a plum weighing more than a pound. Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records…
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Escaped penguin found two weeks later, over 18 miles away
A penguin named Pen-chan escaped from an event on Japan's Himaka Island and was found two weeks later after traveling more than 18 miles. Photo courtesy of Gekidan Penters/X…
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Beginner’s luck brings Maryland woman $50,000 lottery prize
A Baltimore woman tried a Fast Play lottery game for the first time and ended up winning a $50,000 prize. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo…
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Hotels reveal most unusual lost and found items, room service requests
Hotels.com's annual Hotel Room Innsights Report detailed some of the most unusual lost and found items at its partner hotels, including a pet lizard. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI |…
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Maryland woman scores her second big lottery prize
A Maryland woman won a $50,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket after previously winning $10,000. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo…
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Visitor to Georgia island finds third-grader’s message in a bottle
Rebecca Bowling was visiting the Cumberland Island National Seashore when she found a message in a bottle launched by an 8-year-old South Carolina girl. Photo by…
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Loose horse wrangled near busy Illinois road
A loose horse was found wandering loose near Route 173 in Harvard, Ill. Photo courtesy of the McHenry County Sheriff's Office/Facebook…
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Baltimore man’s high-starch craving leads to big $50K scratch-off winning
A Baltimore man who visited his favorite store to buy potato wedges ended up winning a $50,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License…
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