Odd & Interesting

Boston’s famous Skinny House has sold for a nice fat price.

A white catfish caught in Connecticut last month has smashed a state record and could also be a world record for the species — though the evidence has been eaten.

A Michigan lawmaker ordered to jail in a drunken driving case is accused of taping a handcuff key to his foot.

Cabbage Patch Kids, the rosy-cheeked dolls that left store shelves picked clean during the first big holiday toy craze, are up for a spot in the National Toy Hall of Fame, part of a finalist group announced this week that also includes garden-variety sand and the toy fire engine.

The house former drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán fled in 2014 when Mexican marines had him surrounded underwent some changes recently as Mexico's government prepared to give it away in a national lottery.

A North Carolina man who bought scratch-off tickets from the same convenience store over four years is celebrating his third big prize, lottery officials said.

Turns out cows can be potty trained as easily as toddlers. Maybe easier.

Beards aren’t just cool and trendy — they might also be an evolutionary development to help protect a man’s delicate facial bones from a punch to the face.

A Florida man won $1 million in a lottery game the same day he and his wife opened an auto repair shop.

Country singer Brett Eldredge has had another encounter with wildlife, this one involving a bear at a North Carolina home.

A man fed up with a private road in poor condition near his southwest Florida business has a novel solution: plant a banana tree in a pothole to warn motorists away.

Madrid’s panda family grew Monday with the birth of twin cubs, a boost to the popular species that is considered China’s national treasure.

The South Florida house that gangster Al Capone owned for nearly two decades, and died in, is facing demolition plans.

A Maine landlord arranged for the rescue of 15 tarantulas and one python that had been left behind by a tenant.

A Banksy artwork that sensationally self-shredded just after it sold for $1.4 million is up for sale again — at several times the previous price.

An 80-pound cougar was removed from a New York City apartment where she was being kept illegally as a pet, animal welfare officials said Monday.

Germany’s central bank says it has been inundated with more than 50 million euros’ ($59 million) worth of damaged bank notes after deadly floods that hit part of the country in July.

A judge has ordered a western Michigan couple to pay $30,441 to their son for getting rid of his pornography collection.

An Australian farmer couldn’t go to his aunt’s funeral because of pandemic restrictions so he paid his respects with a novel alternative: dozens of sheep arranged in the shape of a love heart.

A North Carolina couple split a nearly $1 million lottery jackpot thanks to two identical tickets, a sudden windfall the pair say they will put to good use.

Parking scofflaws unite!

More than three centuries after a Massachusetts woman was wrongly convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to death, she’s finally on the verge of being exonerated — thanks to a curious eighth-grade civics class.

Pope Francis has received dozens of soccer jerseys and game balls during his eight-year pontificate but he got a new football-themed toy on Wednesday: his very own foosball table.

The sudden appearance of a giant rubber duck in a Maine harbor is a whimsical whodunit that’s defied sleuths so far.

Helaina Alati was browsing the spice aisle of an Australian supermarket when she came face-to-face with a huge snake.