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World Elephant Day, marked annually on Aug. 12, was founded by filmmaker Patricia Sims and Thailand’s Elephant Reintroduction Foundation to promote the protection of Asian and African elephants. The first World Elephant Day was held Aug. 12, 2012, with its official founders listed as Canadian filmmaker Sims and the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation, which is dedicated […]

A British ultramarathon runner drank a pint of Guinness right before setting off on the run that would make him the first person to successfully run the width of Ireland in under 24 hours. Robert Pope of Liverpool, England, downed a pint of Guinness and set off from the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in […]

A Washington state fire department rounded up a loose ram and the animal is being kept at the station until the owner can be found. Graham Fire & Rescue said the ram turned up this week in a firefighter’s back yard and the department decided to give it a temporary home with its two goats. […]

Emergency responders in Australia came to the rescue of a German shepherd that became stuck on the roof of a public bathroom — and its owner became trapped trying to rescue it. Police and New South Wales Fire & Rescue personnel responded Thursday night when a German shepherd found its way to the roof of […]

A new sculpture in Houston is capturing the attention of hungry art lovers with its unusual subject: a giant mortar and pestle filled with guacamole. Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia and the Houston Arts Alliance unveiled the appetizing sculpture Thursday at the Leonel Castillo Community Center. The sculpture, by artist Jesus Medel Cantu, […]

A bear was caught on camera scaling the barbed-wire security fence at a Florida Air Force Base — and the bruin’s climb took only 34 seconds. Kevin Dalrymple posted a video to Facebook showing the bear he spotted climbing the fence at Tyndall Air Force Base, located southeast of Panama City. The bear climbs over […]

A New Jersey library said a former patron recently returned a book he had checked out 75 years earlier. The Jersey City Free Public Library said Bob Jablonski, 89, checked out Oden Rudolph’s book Hitler from the James J. Ferris High School Branch in 1947. Jablonski said he recently rediscovered the book while reorganizing his […]