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Professional illusionist Jackson Rayne took the stage at a Wildlife Park in Georgia and set a new world record by escaping from straightjackets 300 times in eight hours. Rayne was trying to beat the earlier record of 193 escapes which was set by a British man in 2003. Rayne said the feat was done by…

An international auction house verified that a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution will be auctioned in November 2021. The copy is one of surviving versions of the document produced for the delegation to the Constitutional Convention and for the Continental Congress. It is also the only copy that is still…

A classic 1956 Chevrolet sedan that was originally used as a military staff car at an Army Depot was sold twice to help the Honor Flight organization which provides free transportation for veterans to visit military memorials in Washington DC. The government auctioned the Chevrolet 150 in 1964 and it…

A study by University of Arizona behavioral ecologist Jennifer Verdolin has found that prairie dogs, which are found across the central and western United States, rely on social networks to outwit predators, find food, and protect one another. Verdolin has studied the rodents for nearly two decades and…

A man who bought a painting form a Canadian thrift store for $96 reported he had learned the painting might be worth as much as $20,000. Stephen Burgess said he regularly buys art and frames from thrift stores to decorate his home and this painting in an ornate frame caught his eye. He originally planned…

Scott Randall was on the way to achieving his dream of playing in baseball’s major leagues when he drafted as a pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks Single-A affiliate in Rocklin, California. Randall said he is committed to following his dream, but the minor leagues are not a road to riches. During the…

A Russian nature reserve said a camera disguised as a piece of tree bark to get candid shots of animals in action, was accidentally destroyed by a woodpecker. In a social media post, Nizhne-Svirsky nature Reserve in Leningrad Oblast said the black woodpecker, nicknamed Zhelna, was hunting for insects…

Baseball card collectors saw several new record prices for the collectables in a short time during the pandemic. In August 2020, a Mike Trout rookie card sold for $3.93 million, and then nearly a year, later a spotless edition of the rare T206 Honus Wagner card produced between 1909 and 1911 sold for…

Animal rescuers in Maine were called to save a roadrunner that stowed away on a move from Nevada. The Avian Haven animal hospital said a man named Gary contacted them, when he and his son opened the back of the moving truck at a storage facility and discovered the bird inside. A volunteer helped the…

Members of a church in the nation’s capital helped 250 drivers put gas in their vehicles and saw eight people give their lives to Christ. Church leaders thought about hosting a soup kitchen or collect items for a food bank but decided to take a different approach instead. They sponsored a Gas on God…

A ceramic specialist from a British auction house found a rare work of art hidden in a drawer in a country house near the Scottish border. The auction house said the pottery dish is a tin-glazed earthenware dish know as a mailoca and is extremely rare. The dish also had a scene of the biblical story…

During the height of pandemic, Zohaib Begg undertook a mission to gather personal protective equipment for frontline workers. Then, the self-proclaimed “Chief Kindness Officer” decided he needed to do more to help his community so he contacted area business asking for help putting together boxes containing…

Twenty children in the Louisville, Kentucky area received a surprise donation that was a dream come true. A partnership including the Boy and Girls Clubs of Kentucky, a home store, the Hope to Dream Program, and a local ministry known as Sleep in Heavenly Peace, provided the children with brand new beds,…

David Hole found an interesting rock near Melbourne Australia in 2015. He hoped the heavy red rock contained gold because he found it in a layer of yellow clay near one of the country’s well known gold fields. Hole tried to open the rock, but found rock saws, sledgehammers, and acid could not make a…

Wildlife officers in Colorado announced they were finally able to track down a bull elk and remove a tire that had been around the animal’s neck for at least two years. Officials said the 4-and-a-half-year-old animal was first spotted about two years ago with the tire around its neck, but they had never…

When witnesses recorded what appeared to be an African serval cat wandering in Pinetops, North Carolina, residents were confused about where it came from. The owner of a local petting zoo later confirmed that the cat was an escapee named King Sparta. The owner said the serval was quickly recaptured and…

Officials at Death Valley National Park said they hope to capture a goat seen wandering in the California section of the park. A tourist spotted the goat near Stovepipe Wells and shared a picture with park officials. Rangers immediately went to area to find the non-native animal and remove it from the…

A couple moving out of their home in Sudbury England contacted a local auction house to help them sell off items they no longer needed. Among the items they planned to sell were a pair of sphinx statues that the couple believed were replicas made in the 18th century. The Auction house didn’t question…

Friends and family welcomed Dave “Dinger” Bell back to dry ground when the former Royal Marine arrived in England after rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. Bell’s team believes he is one of the first people to row from New York to England unsupported. Bell reported that on the trip he was stung by a jellyfish,…

Sri Lankan authorities reported workers digging a well in a man’s backyard unearthed what could be the world’s largest sapphire cluster. Local authorities said the person digging the well, alerted them about finding some rare stones before they stumbled on the huge specimen. They reported the cluster…

More than two dozen ships that were sunk during a famous battle in World War II have been raised to the surface by an underwater volcano. Helicopter footage from a Japanese news agency shows 24 ships washed ashore on the western side of the island of Iwo Jima, which is about 750 miles south of Tokyo.…

Florida Highway Patrol officials said a very unusual lightning strike occurred along westbound Interstate 75 in Broward County. Authorities said a Nissan vehicle was traveling along the highway during a thunderstorm and a bolt of lightning struck the vehicle’s antenna and traveled through the electrical…

Pam Joy of Skagway Alaska was walking on the beach when she spotted a bottle with a group of washed-up logs, branches, and other debris. Joy opened the bottle and found a message written on a sheet of paper. It said, “Happy New Year 1987!” The message was not signed, and there was no indication where…

A wildlife camera in California captured footage of a mother bald eagle keeping her eggs warm while covered in several inches of snow. The Nest Cam in Big Bear was set up by a wildlife group can shows a bald eagle, nicknamed Jackie covered in three or four inches of fresh snow as she tended to her eggs.…

A study released by Arizona Christian University suggests there are significant statistical differences between what various generations in America believe about spiritual issues and behaviors. The study found that some of the biggest differences are found in the definitions of success, abortion, biblical…