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
The 2-foot green tree snake was found Tuesday in the plane's cargo hold as passengers were boarding a Virgin Australia flight in Melbourne. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/3/2025 11:27 AM
Firefighters were called to a stretch of interstate in Pennsylvania after a crash involving three tractor-trailers resulted in mozzarella cheese being spilled across a 200-yard area. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/2/2025 4:18 PM
The South Carolina Highway Patrol shared video of two troopers chasing a loose pig found running through traffic on a busy stretch of highway. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/2/2025 11:03 AM
The first ROBO League robot soccer tournament took place in China, pitting AI-powered teams of robot players against one another in 3 vs. 3 matches. ... Read full Story
"Shell art isn't a new genre; it's been with us for centuries. The Victorians often framed their family photos with shells. ... The medium also came to the fore in the 1970s when everything was embellished with shells, from photo frames and mirrors to trinket boxes and even furniture." — Stephen Crafti, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 June 2025
Did you know?
Embellish came to English, by way of Anglo-French, from the Latin word bellus, meaning "beautiful." It's in good company: modern language is adorned with bellus descendants. Examples include such classics as beauty, belle, and beau. And the beauty of bellus reaches beyond English: its influence is seen in the French bel, a word meaning "beautiful" that is directly related to the English embellish. And in Spanish, bellus is evidenced in the word bello, also meaning "beautiful."