A baby was abandoned at an airport check-in desk in Tel Aviv, Israel after his parents learned they had not purchased a plane ticket for the infant. The parents, who have not been publicly identified, were travelling on a Ryanair flight from Ben Gurion International Airport to Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday. The local news outlet Channel
Quebec’s furry forecaster, Fred la Marmotte, died before he was able to reveal his 2023 Groundhog Day prediction. The organizer of the Val-d’Espoir event, Roberto Blondin, made the tragic announcement in front of a crowd of awaiting spectators.“When I went to wake him last night he had no vital signs,” Blondin said. “He most likely died
For centuries the mystery surrounding Bigfoot has captured the imaginations of people across North America, but one data analyst now says there might be simple mathematical equation to explain the sightings. In a new preprint study published online in bioRxiv, data analyst Floe Foxon writes that many sightings of elusive Sasquatch-looking figures could actually be
A New Brunswick man has captured amazing bird’s-eye footage of the moment an antler rack came loose from a moose’s head and crashed to the ground. Woodsman Derek Burgoyne was surveying hardwood trees of Plaster Rock, N.B., earlier this month when he spotted three bull moose — two of which had already shed their antlers.
The makers of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky are facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly “misleading” customers, by selling mini bottles of “Fireball Cinnamon” that don’t actually contain any whisky in them. The beverage is made with malt or wine and flavoured to taste like whisky, according to Fireball’s website, and the mini bottles are sold in
Most people know A&W for their root beer and Mama Burgers, but the restaurant chain is also serving up satire. After M&M’s announced they would be pausing the use of the brand’s iconic spokescandies because of vocal right-wing opposition about the characters’ designs, A&W shared an announcement of their own on Tuesday. Read more: Japan
Guinness World Records have crowned a 23-year-old chihuahua mix from rural Ohio as the oldest living dog, according to a Thursday press release — pretty extraordinary considering that chihuahuas typically live around 15-17 years. The small-but-mighty Spike is 22 centimetres tall and weighs in at 5.85 kilograms, according to Guinness measurements, and his favourite hobbies
If you’re a tourist who dreams of unwinding with a cigarette on a vacation to Mexico, that fantasy is about to go up in smoke. On Sunday, Mexico enacted one of the world’s strictest anti-tobacco laws, completely banning smoking in all public places, including hotels, parks and beaches.The total ban, which is part of Mexico’s
In 2010, Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal‘s Yeti Airlines, following in the footsteps of her husband, a pilot who had died in a crash four years earlier when a small passenger plane he was flying went down minutes before landing. On Sunday, Khatiwada, 44, was the co-pilot on a Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu that crashed
On Open Access Day, the National Archives in the Netherlands declassifies thousands of government documents that have been cleared for public access. In 2022, files from 1947 turned 75, and reached the maximum number of years a document can be hidden from public view. On Jan. 3, they were officially made public — and one