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This hippo needs a gender reveal party! 12-year-old hippo Gen-chan was thought to be a male, but a recent DNA test revealed that she’s actually female. When Osaka zookeepers received Gen-chan in 2017, customs documents said she was a boy.…

Residents of Newberry County, South Carolina have been calling police to report sirens. However, the Sheriff’s Office recently took to Facebook to explain that residents are hearing the call of male cicadas. Trillions of cicadas are currently emerging from the…

A golden retriever puppy was born with lime green fur. The pup, named Shamrock, gained viral fame after Carole DeBruler posted videos on Facebook. The wombs of mother dogs sometimes contain green bile, which can cause pups to be born…

A merchant sipped 25 glasses of wine while running the London marathon. Tom Gilbey, also known as the “wine guy” on TikTok, blind tasted each glass and then guessed the vino’s origin and vintage. In total, he got seven completely…

9-year-old English boy Cooper Wallace won the juvenile category of the European Championship Gull Screeching contest. Wallace showed off his realistic seagull cry while wearing full seagull regalia. Wallace first began imitating seagulls after he was bitten by one while…

A Belgian man whose body produces alcohol was acquitted of a drunk driving charge. The unnamed man suffers from a rare condition called auto-brewery syndrome, a fact that three doctors independently confirmed at trial. Even though the man generates alcohol,…

A 25-year-old Japanese woman was sentenced to nine years in prison for defrauding men out of 155 million yen and even selling a manual on how to swindle suitors. Mai Watanabe, also known as “sugar baby Riri”, reportedly duped three…

A Florida man wrestled an 8-foot gator, and then went back to the hockey game he was watching. Mike Dragich, a licensed alligator trapper in Jacksonville, received a service call when he was spending time with his family. "It was…

A DoorDasher took to Reddit to complain about a customer who wanted his food delivered while he was naked. “I got a message from the customer saying, ‘Just to let you know, I am a nudist and WILL be answering…

A YouTube star quit his social experiment where he aimed to prove that he could be a millionaire from scratch in a year. Mike Black sought to prove that he could make $1 million dollars from nothing, and gave up…

A British couple found a medieval mask in their bathroom while cleaning. Tracy and Rory Vorster were unaware that they were sharing their home with a 14th-century gargoyle. The stone carving was underneath a wooden panel. The home once belonged…

Argentinian man Abelardo Usandivaras reportedly locked himself in a car dealership after they failed to deliver his truck. The middle-aged horse breeder went to Buenos Aires at the beginning of April to get the vehicle, but left-empty-handed. It was then…

A man was arrested in Santa Monica, California for reportedly grilling meat using a shopping cart, sword, and Bud Light. The man was caught on camera appearing to use a sword as a skewer. Inside the cart was wood and…

A Japanese boy spent three weeks putting a 10,000 yen bill back together. The bill was accidentally put through a paper shredder, according to X user Tomo. The boy took the pieces out of the garbage and put it together…

The 600-year-old Voynich manuscript has confused researchers for centuries, but a new study claims to have cracked the code. Lead author Dr. Keagan Brewer of Macquarie University argues that the text contains information on sex, contraception, and gynecology. The text…

A Michigan woman who won a $500,000 lottery prize said a tarot card reading predicted her good fortune. “During my tarot reading, I was told money would be coming into my life very soon,” the 59-year-old winner said. “Later that…

An Indiana woman is facing a narcotics charge after she allegedly called the police over a bad batch of meth. Sarah Harris reportedly called 911 twice to complain about the person who sold her drugs. Harris claimed that she had…

A Brazilian woman allegedly rolled the corpse of a man into a bank to get him to “co-sign” a loan. Bank customer Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes can be spotted on video standing next to the deceased, who is in…

An elephant escaped from the circus and took a stroll around Butte, Montana Tuesday afternoon. Fortunately, the animal was recaptured without any injuries. Video footage shows the elephant walking across multi-lane streets and standing on someone’s lawn. The animal apparently…

Some flight experts predict that reclining seats in economy class will soon be a thing of the past. Reclining seats are heavier due to the mechanisms involved, and reclining has resulted in spats, spilled drinks, and broken laptops. “The airlines…

Imagine finding out you were accidentally divorced! “Diva of Divorce” Ayesha Vardag calls herself one of the top divorce lawyers in London, but her firm appears to have pulled the plug on a marriage before both parties were ready. Court…

An Australian man took a 900-pound pumpkin, named Tormound, and turned it into a boat that he paddled down the Tumut River. Mark Peacock grew the award-winning pumpkin, and his friend Adam Farquharson asked if he could have it after…

NASA has confirmed that a piece of metal that hit a Florida home last month came from the International Space Station. The object was a metal support used to mount batteries. It was jettisoned from the space station in March…