More than three years after the highly publicized Fyre Festival famously fizzled out in the Bahamas, merchandise and other “minor assets” are available for purchase, courtesy the U.S. Marshals Service. Read more
Rhode Island mistakenly sent more than 175 tax refund checks signed by Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, rather than the state treasurer and controller. Read more
Despite Pentagon statements that it disbanded a once-covert program to investigate unidentified flying objects, the effort remains underway. Read more
Kathy Jacobs says it’s important not to discount people because of their age or height. She should know — the petite 56-year-old is a brand new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model. Read more
There were plenty of acorns this spring, and now the chipmunks are driving people nuts. Read more
A man in suburban Detroit was given the wrong lottery ticket. But there was no mistake about the result: a $2 million winner. Read more
Pandemic stay-at-home orders provided a unique opportunity to confirm the relationship between traffic and wildlife; in Idaho, roadkill incidents dropped by 38 percent. Read more
Participants won a lucky draw held online, with each allowed to bring a guest, putting the total number who boarded at 66. Read more
South Korean Twitter has been rejoicing by uploading photos of their Chex. Read more
A swimmer in Delaware was caught on camera prying a shark’s mouth open with his hands this weekend in an effort to free it from a fishing hook. Read more
This year, fireworks aren’t being saved for special events. They’ve become a nightly nuisance from Connecticut to California, angering sleep-deprived citizens and alarming local officials. Read more
File it under pizza toppings only offered in Florida. State inspectors found an 80-pound iguana stashed in the freezer at a local pizza joint. Read more
The Godfather of Soul’s dying wish to help educate needy children is a big step closer to being fulfilled, now that South Carolina’s Supreme Court — wading into a 14-year-old legal saga yet again — has ruled that James Brown’s last partner was not legally married to him. Read more
A 65-pound alligator snapping turtle with a face only its mother could love has found a new home at a Virginia zoo after freaking out residents in a northern Virginia suburb. Read more
If you happened to leave more than $190,000 worth of gold bars in a Swiss train, you can now come forward to claim it. Read more
A man paid off a Maine parking ticket from Long Sands Beach — nearly 42 years after it was issued. Read more
A Florida man is facing felony charges after police said he let a 12-year-old girl drive his SUV and told her to speed because he wanted to be a “cool father” — even though he is not her dad. Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Tuesday dissolving the city of Weeki Wachee. Read more
Forrest Fenn, 89, told the Santa Fe New Mexican on Sunday that a man who did not want his name released — but was from “back East” — located the chest a few days ago and the discovery was confirmed by a photograph the man sent him. Read more
Fauci the 2-year-old colt finished a distant second to a horse named Prisoner and was well ahead of third-place Indoctrinate in his much-anticipated debut today at Belmont Park. Read more
These so-called “snot palaces” could possibly help human construction if scientists manage to crack the mucus architectural code, said Kakani Katija, a bioengineer at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Read more
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