By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/10/2025 1:50 PM
A retired Japanese race horse famous for never winning a race is experiencing a new surge of popularity thanks to a popular mobile game. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/10/2025 1:10 PM
Moo Deng, the pygmy hippo who took the internet by storm, celebrated her first birthday Thursday at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/9/2025 2:15 PM
Police in British Columbia said there was a literal "traffic jam" on a highway when a pickup truck lost its load of freshly-picked blueberries. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/9/2025 1:20 PM
The Maine State Police said troopers put their cowboy skills to the test Wednesday when a loose horse was found wandering on the interstate. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/9/2025 11:40 AM
An Australian man fishing off the coast of Queensland captured video of a ray leaping out of the water and appearing to briefly take flight to escape a hammerhead shark. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/8/2025 1:46 PM
A message in a bottle launched by visitors to Newfoundland's Bell Island was found washed up on an Irish beach nearly 13 years later, after apparently crossing the Atlantic Ocean. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/8/2025 12:55 PM
A Cabrales cheese aged in a cave for 10 months received top marks in a competition in Spain and earned a Guinness World Record when it was auctioned for $42,232. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/7/2025 2:14 PM
A Spanish woman who has been collecting egg cups for over 50 years earned a Guinness World Record when her collection was tallied at 15,485 items. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/7/2025 12:56 PM
Authorities in Ohio shared photos of a deer spotted wandering with a bird feeder stuck on its antlers, but officials said it does not appear to be causing the animal any discomfort. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/7/2025 11:09 AM
Wildlife officials in Connecticut said a mother bear and four cubs broke into a home, raided the pantry and left before police arrived. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/3/2025 2:12 PM
A bear managed to close itself inside a parked car in Colorado and demolished the interior of the vehicle before being freed by a sheriff's deputy. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/3/2025 1:39 PM
More than 300 people donned inflatable dinosaur costumes and took to the track at Emerald Downs in Washington for the annual T-Rex World Championship Races. ... Read full Story
“A strong showing at the Senior Bowl was followed by a boffo performance at the NFL combine, where the 6-foot-4, 214-pound [Isaac] TeSlaa zoomed through the 40-yard dash in 4.43 seconds …” — Rainer Sabin, The Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2025
Did you know?
Boffo made its print debut as a noun referring to something great: a solid joke or a good punch line. It did so right around the same time—the 1930s, at the dawn of Hollywood’s golden age—as boff, a noun with an identical meaning thought to perhaps come from “box office.” Within a few years, boffo began to be applied adjectivally to things that, like a good joke, were a big hit: performances, all-star casts, movies. To this day it is used mostly in the context of performing arts, spectator sports, and other entertainments.