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30 November 2025, 02:42 AM Offbeat

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26 September 2025, 14:13 PM Offbeat

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3 May 2025, 14:05 PM World

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19 November 2024, 08:57 AM Tech & Startup

ChatGPT helps 89-year-old Japanese app developer learn programming

12 June 2024, 08:52 AM Tech & Startup

US President Joe Biden is hiring a meme manager.

Offbeat / Biden hiring a 'meme manager'; will pay up to $85,000

24 May 2024, 14:22 PM Tech & Startup

reunion of tejgaon college friends after 32 years

4 Tejgaon College friends reunite 32 years later via Facebook

20 May 2024, 14:29 PM Offbeat

KFC launches perfume Eau De BBQ

4 May 2024, 18:55 PM Offbeat

Did you know an Indian startup 3D-printed a house in 21 days?

5 February 2024, 11:03 AM Tech & Startup

Storm in a teacup: US, UK banter over the perfect 'cuppa'

25 January 2024, 13:51 PM Offbeat

No bird-brain here: Ravens can plan ahead

Long admired for their intelligence, ravens are now known to be able to plan ahead, a skill previously thought to belong only to humans and great apes, says a study.

14 July 2017, 12:27 PM

World's 'oldest' hippo dies at Philippine zoo

Bertha, believed to be the world's oldest hippopotamus, dies aged 65, the Manila zoo says, having beaten the typical lifespan for the mostly herbivorous mammals by decades.

10 July 2017, 10:24 AM

Mexican mayor weds crocodile for town's prosperity

The mayor of a small fishing town in southern Mexico marries a crocodile as part of a local custom that dates back to 1789.

8 July 2017, 14:08 PM

China built a 248-acre solar farm shaped like panda

China Merchants New Energy Group, one of the country's largest clean energy operators, builds a 248-acre solar farm in the shape of a giant panda.

8 July 2017, 09:18 AM

I'll have a rat with that: San Francisco's new rodent café

The rodent-borne bubonic plague may seem unappetizing, but for a few San Francisco visionaries, it proves to be just the inspiration needed to launch one of the city's latest eateries: The Rat Cafe.

3 July 2017, 12:41 PM

In tweeted video, Trump knocks down, beats up 'CNN'

US President Donald Trump launches a fresh attack on the news media by tweeting a video showing him knocking down and beating a professional wrestling "villain" whose face had been replaced by a CNN logo.

3 July 2017, 06:13 AM

Texas woman calls 911, complains about wait for nuggets

Police in Central Texas say a woman fell into a foul mood when a fast-food restaurant took too long in delivering her chicken nuggets and she called 911 to complain.

15 June 2017, 04:40 AM

Something fishy: Indians swallow live fish for asthma

More than 5,000 Indians have lined up in the country's south, pinching their noses and sticking their tongues out to swallow live fish in an unusual traditional treatment for asthma.

10 June 2017, 06:07 AM

With a sloppy 'kiss,' intrepid fish enjoys perilous feast

A kiss from a colorful reef fish called a tubelip wrasse is perfectly suited for eating a hazardous diet using one of the animal kingdom's most unique feeding strategies.

6 June 2017, 10:31 AM

Dramatic video shows sea lion dragging girl underwater

A college student shares a startling video of a sea lion snatching a girl off a dock and yanking her into the water on Canada’s West Coast.

22 May 2017, 06:02 AM

Downward-facing goat: Yoga trend draws flock to US farm

Eight people dressed in bright-colored athletic tops and soft pants sat on foam mats and stretched until five tiny Nigerian Dwarf goats, the size of small dogs, pranced into the studio and their goat yoga class began.

21 May 2017, 06:58 AM

Oregon governor forgives boy for swiping hazelnut, pen

The governor of Oregon pardons a fourth-grade boy who swiped a hazelnut and a pen during a recent tour of the state Capitol.

20 May 2017, 11:34 AM

World's heaviest man goes under knife in Mexico

The world's heaviest man, who at one point weighed almost 600 kilogrammes (1,300 pounds), has undergone successful gastric bypass surgery, his doctors in Mexico say.

10 May 2017, 10:04 AM

[WATCH] British inventor takes flight in 'Iron Man' suit

British inventor Richard Browning lifts off from the shore of Vancouver Harbour in a personal flight suit that inspired references to comic superhero 'Iron Man.

30 April 2017, 11:31 AM

No hurry as India's inspirational centenarian wins gold

With a jaunty victory dance, 101-year-old Man Kaur celebrates winning the 100 metres sprint at the World Masters Games in Auckland, the 17th gold medal in the Indian athlete's remarkable late-blooming career.

27 April 2017, 06:42 AM