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Costa Rican documents attribute 119 years to José Flores, born on July 11, 1907. However, international validation is still necessary before he can be recognized as the world's oldest person.

In London, 934 Star Trek fans executed the Vulcan salute simultaneously for one minute, setting a Guinness World Record.

Four fossilized footprints discovered in North Dakota form the first known track attributed to an adult T. rex. They allow for an estimation of the predator's walking speed.

Guinness World Records has recognized Hugo, a four-year-old Shire raised in England, as the tallest living horse. Measured at 1.99 m at the withers, he may still grow.

A 54-year-old woman has given birth in Athens to a girl conceived from an embryo frozen since March 2004. The medical team presents this case as exceptional, but its data still need to be submitted to a scientific review.

A metal detector enthusiast has unearthed thousands of coins and several silver objects in Sysmä. Weighing an estimated 4.5 kilograms, the collection constitutes the largest Viking monetary hoard ever found in Finland.

A geomorphologist inspecting a creek to restore the habitat of a threatened frog has discovered a remarkably preserved Pacific mastodon molar. The fossil is now set to undergo precise dating at Stanford.

Raised at the Los Angeles Zoo and the Aquarium of the Pacific, 653 yellow-legged mountain frogs have returned to their natural habitat in California.

Forest officials in Assam tracked and then tranquilized the animal before safely removing the heavy tire, likely abandoned in the forest.

A 36-year-old Nigerian living illegally in Italy won 500,000 euros in the lottery but found himself stuck due to not having a residence permit or a bank account to claim his winnings. After a legal process, he eventually obtained a…

A United Airlines flight connecting Newark to Palma de Mallorca was forced to turn back over the Atlantic after a Bluetooth device named “Bomb” was detected on board. No suspicious device was found, but the incident triggered an emergency procedure…

The forestry services and the Republican Police intervened in Agla, in Cotonou, after a video showing a large snake spotted in the neighborhood was circulated. The animal has not yet been located or captured, but authorities are urging residents to…

Abigael Kendi, a 19-year-old Kenyan, publicly shares her experience with a rare congenital malformation that was diagnosed during her adolescence and disrupts her daily life. Born with two uteri, two cervixes, two vaginas, and a single kidney, she has undergone…

Three agents from the Gambian Department of Immigration have gone missing in Italy, where they were participating in a bilateral training on migration management and border security. Banjul describes their departure as premeditated and has contacted the Italian and European…

A man was arrested in Texas after deliberately driving his Tesla Cybertruck into Lake Grapevine to test the vehicle’s wade mode. The electric pickup quickly broke down and took on water, forcing its driver and passenger to abandon it before…

In Nigeria, a restaurateur was arrested for selling vulture meat instead of chicken. A very popular restaurateur was detained for fraudulently serving vulture meat to his customers, passing it off as chicken. The case broke out at the end of…

Marie-José, 82 years old, a retired French woman, left France to live with a young Ivorian man, 28, met on Facebook, suspected to be a scammer. Since September 2024, when she arrived in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, she claims to be…

During a Southwest Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Chicago, a passenger on Flight 418 stripped naked in the cabin before defecating on her seat. The incident prompted an urgent response from law enforcement and medical personnel. According to the airline,…

In Tokyo, a 33-year-old Japanese man named Honkon watched his Ferrari 458 Spider go up in flames just an hour after purchasing it. The vehicle, a symbol of ten years of savings and personal sacrifice, was completely destroyed in a…

In the annals of the Catholic Church, few figures are as controversial as Pope John XII. Historians often describe his pontificate as one of the darkest chapters in the history of the Church. Born Octavian, he became pope at just…

At the crossroads of demographic obsession, emerging technologies, and outsized personal ambition, Elon Musk once again finds himself at the center of controversy. A detailed investigation published by The Wall Street Journal has unveiled the outlines of a project as…