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Dog shoots man in bed, 'paw stuck in trigger'

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Representational image of a dog named Fantasy, a sniffer dog trained to detect the coronavirus disease , sits next to a trainer during a news conference in Vienna, Austria November 2, 2021. — Reuters WASHINGTON: American dog owner was shot by his pet after it jumped on...

Saudi Arabia's 150-year-old Al Balad city still stands as living heritage

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This undated image shows an old building that still stands in the old city of Al Balad in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. — Reporter The old city of Al Balad, located in the port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, holds a special significance in the country's history as a vibrant...

Trove of 200 million-year-old dinosaur footprints at Australian school

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This undated handout photo released by the University of Queensland shows palaeontologist Anthony Romilio inspecting a boulder sitting outside a school which contains dinosaur footprints, in the town of Biloela, in central Queensland. — AFP/File A trove of fossilised dinosaur...

Megalodon may have been larger than we think

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An illustration shows the large extinct shark megalodon, Otodus megalodon, preying on a seal in this picture obtained by Reuters on June 27, 2023. — Reuters A new study has suggested that megalodons have been larger than we first thought, growing up to 80 feet long which is 15...

Mirrors, marble and mud: Desert X returns to California

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Dancers perform in front of French-American artist Sarah Meyohas's piece 'Truth Arrives in Slanted Beams' ahead of the opening of the Desert X exhibit spread across California's Coachella Valley. — AFP PALM SPRINGS: Mysterious metallic mirrors, stacks of imported marble...

Guinness World Records honours teen with rare 'werewolf syndrome'

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Lalit Patidar, the teen with the most hair on his face, talking to Guinness World Records. — Instagram/@GuinnessWorldRecords/File An 18-year-old Indian boy has earned the Guinness World Record for the hairiest face on a male, with officials measuring 201.72 hairs per square...

World's oldest impact crater discovered in Australia

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The world's oldest crater has been found in the Pilbara in Western Australia. — Curtin University World’s oldest known impact crater has been discovered by geologists and it is situated in the heart of Western Australia’s ancient Pilbara region. It has been...

From urn to canvas: Turkish artist used ashes for portrait of deceased

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Turkish artist Serap Lokmaci works on a portrait of Hungarian woman Katalin Kollar using ashes from her cremation, in Urgup, central Nevsehir province, Turkey, February 27, 2025. — Reuters YALOVA: Hakan Kilic and his family celebrate his mother-in-law's birthday every...

Man swallows Tiffany earrings prior to arrest

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A handout image of an x-ray released by the Orlando Police showing an abdomen with a foreign object inside it. — Orlando Police/File A man allegedly swallowed stolen earrings costing more than half a million dollars just moments before he was taken into custody by Florida...

London Eye, pioneering observation wheel, turns 25 this weekend

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People look at the London Eye in London, Britain, October 26, 2024. — Reuters Tourists wanting a bird's eye view of Big Ben, St Paul's Cathedral and Buckingham Palace have put the London Eye in the ranks of the city's most visited attractions since it was opened 25 years ago...

Japan puts world's most accurate clock on sale for $3.3m

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A picture of the Aether clock OC 020. — Reuters/File TOKYO: Resembling a squat, wide fridge, the world's most accurate clock went on sale for $3.3 million in Japan on Wednesday. The "Aether clock OC 020" is so precise that it would take 10 billion years for it to...

World's biggest iceberg runs aground, sparing wildlife haven island

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Iceberg A23a in the waters of the Southern Ocean off Antarctica on January 19, 2024. — AFP PARIS: The world's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometres from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a...

Australia's ‘man with golden arm,' dies at 88 after saving millions of babies

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James Harrison with his grandson, Trey, in an earlier picture.— Australian Red Cross Lifeblood/File James Harrison, one of the world’s most dedicated blood donors, has passed away at the age of 88, BBC reported. Known as Australia’s "man with the golden arm,"...

Model behaviour: India's anti-cruelty robot elephants

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Women dressed in traditional attires pose with adorned robotic elephants newly provided by the Voice for Asian Elephants Society , outside the Chakkamparambu Bhagavathy temple in Thrissur, in India's Kerala state. — AFP/File THRISSUR: It flaps its ears and squirts...

WATCH: Few bricks, cement stool, tuft of grass — here's world's tiniest official park!

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Nagaizumi Park in Shizuoka, Japan is certified as the world's smallest park. — Screengrab via YouTube/@guinnessworldrecords A park covering an area of just 2.5 square feet in Nagaizumi, Japan, was officially named the world's smallest park, breaking the previous record held by a US...