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Odd News - 'Random' lottery ticket selection earns Arkansas woman $100,000 - Aug. 21 (UPI) -- An Arkansas woman visited a lottery vending machine and picked a ticket at random, earning her a $100,000 prize.

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Odd News -- Professional rancher helps police lasso loose bull on Calif. highway -- Authorities in California ended up calling in a professional for assistance lassoing a loose bull found running along a highway.

21 hours ago

World News -- Belgian former car salesman, 26, quietly becomes a prince -- Belgium got a new prince this week after 26-year-old former car salesman Clement Vandenkerckhove was recognized by the king's brother.

22 hours ago

Odd News -- Ring flushed down New Jersey train toilet returned to owner -- A New Jersey woman who accidentally flushed her wedding ring down a train toilet was reunited with the precious object thanks to NJ Transit employees.

22 hours ago

Odd News -- Escaped sheep boards parked bus, goes through car wash -- An escaped sheep boarded a parked bus in Germany and took a trip through the giant-sized car wash before being reunited with its owner.

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Odd News -- Netherlands woman finds escaped snake in bedroom closet -- A Netherlands woman discovered a snake in her bedroom closet that police later determined had escaped from a neighbor's home.

22 hours ago

Odd News -- Ohio player wins $10,000 lottery prize on his 18th birthday -- An Ohio man stopped at a gas station just after midnight on his 18th birthday and walked out with a lottery ticket worth $10,000.

22 hours ago

Odd News -- Calf eludes police in Walmart parking lot, flees into drainage tunnel -- An escaped calf dubbed "Moodini" led San Antonio police and animal care officers on a chase through a Walmart parking lot and into a drainage tunnel.

22 hours ago

Odd News -- Woman writes 150 words on a sticky note to break Guinness World Record -- A United Arab Emirates woman broke a Guinness World Record by managing to hand-write 150 different words onto a single sticky note.

4 hours ago

Odd News -- Squid spill closes Rhode Island intersection for 8 hours -- It was a calamari catastrophe on a Rhode Island road when an overturned tractor-trailer spilled "a substantial portion" of squid into traffic.

10 hours ago

Odd News -- Texas police apprehend lemur on the loose -- Police in Texas were called to wrangle an unusual pet described as "fast, furry and refusing to cooperate" -- a lemur.

22 hours ago

Odd News -- African serval captured after days on the loose in Illinois -- Animal control officials in Illinois' Grundy County said an African serval on the loose for multiple days has been safely captured.

22 hours ago

Odd News -- N.C. man let his lucky ring choose $250,000 lottery ticket -- A North Carolina man won a $250,000 lottery prize after letting his lucky ring choose his scratch-off ticket for him.

22 hours ago

Odd News -- Florida man breaks own record with mini basketball shot from 102 feet -- A Florida man launched a miniature basketball into a hoop from a distance of over 100 feet to break his own Guinness World Record.

22 hours ago

Dog who spent 72 days lost in mountains wins Hambone Award

1 day ago

'Darth Vader' defends Flock cameras at San Diego City Council meeting

10 hours ago

Man wins $500,000 lottery prize during gas station pit stop

1 day ago

World's fastest motorized clog shoe exceeds 70 mph

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Michigan woman finds escaped python in her pole barn

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