Offbeat

It was a chilly Montreal day last December when Gregorio De Santis bought a lottery ticket, worth maybe even less than the paper stock it was printed on.

In a heartwarming rescue, a leopard was saved from drowning in a well in Maharashtra, thanks to the forest department and a team from Wildlife SOS.

A Twitter user has shared a video of live maggots inside a ketchup dispenser that she claims was filmed at a McDonald's outlet in Cambridge, UK.

Dutch police were on Sunday seeking the owners of a small lion cub found abandoned in a cage in a field outside the central city of Utrecht, police and news reports said.

A man in Michigan will soon be richer by thousands of dollars - thanks to a meteorite he had been using as a doorstop for 30 years.

Animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is set to honour actor Bradley Cooper with an award for casting his own dog, Charlie, in his new movie 'A Star Is Born'.

Possibly the happiest day of the year, World Smile Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday of October. As we celebrate this happy day today, here are some posts by your favourite celebrities that are sure to put a smile on your face.

A couple in Utah, USA, lost more than $1,000 when their 2-year-old son got his hands on the money - and put it through a shredder.

Curator and creative director Ximena Caminos has collected a suitcaseful of practical travel tips - starting with her secret to curing jet lag without coffee.

US President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One on Thursday with a piece of toilet paper stuck to his left shoe. Videos going viral show Mr Trump at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, walking up the steps to the aircraft with a piece of paper stuck to his left shoe.

Every day in China, an estimated more than 100 million people -- dubbed "dancing aunties" as they are primarily older women -- take over squares and parks to tango, waltz, and grind out everything from flamenco to Chinese traditional dance.

An eight-year-old girl in Sweden found a pre-Viking-era sword while swimming in a lake during the summer.

An elderly couple in UK were recently left shocked when they opened their oven to cook some chips and found a snake inside.

A man in China had a very narrow escape after his safety harness broke while he was crossing a high altitude bridge at a theme park.

This week, contestants on a British reality baking show were asked to bake something that has sharply divided the Internet: sweet samosas.