Oddities

This photo provided by WKRC-TV shows St. Anthony of Padua Church, where a Communion wafer with red marks was discovered, in Morris, Ind. (WKRC-TV via AP)

It was bacteria — not a miracle — on a Communion wafer in Indiana church

It turns out there’s nothing miraculous about red marks found on a communion host at a Catholic church in Indiana. The discovery at St.
 
A man on a makeshift "corcho" raft prepares to fish at dawn in Cojimar, east of Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Ingenuity at sea: Cubans use makeshift rafts known as ‘corchos’ to catch elusive fish

 
A line of red Corvettes pass through the GM's Bowling Green Assembly Plant on Wednesday March 24, 2009 in Bowling Green, Ky. (David W. Smith/Daily News via AP)

8 new Corvettes go missing from Kentucky car plant, but the conspicuous muscle cars are all found

 

Escaped otters cavort in the snow as the zoo’s search continues

 
This photo made available by PinPep shows a statue of Paddington Bear in Newbury, England, during its unveiling on Oct. 8, 2024. (Tom Wren/Studiocanal/PinPep via AP)

Royal Air Force engineers shamed by judge over theft of Paddington Bear statue

 

Child complains of ‘monster’ under the bed. Babysitter then comes face-to-face with man hiding there

 
In this photo released by the USGS, a plume of steam is seen rising from a newly discovered thermal feature near Nymph Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Sept. 1, 2024, near Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo. (Mike Poland/USGS via AP)

A new thermal steam vent is grabbing attention in ever-changing Yellowstone National Park

 
Volunteer Adrian Bucnick spends time with a dog at the Metro Animal Care and Control facility Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Viral videos of dogs called a ‘Himalayan fur goblin’ and ‘teacup werewolf’ boost adoptions

 
A tour guide at New Zealand's Parliament gives a spooky tour of the historical Parliament library, constructed in the late 19th century and rumored to be haunted, in Wellington, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay)

New Zealand parliament shows its spooky side in a tour of mysterious deaths and cat infestations

 

California appeals court upholds ban on higher-capacity magazines, spurring unusual video dissent

 
Undated photo of a school of fish, with a perch in the left corner, at a river lock in the central Dutch city of Utrecht, Netherlands, where a "fish doorbell" was installed that lets viewers of an online livestream alert authorities to fish being held up as they make their springtime migration to shallow spawning grounds. (Visdeurbel via AP)

Quirky livestream that lets viewers help fish is a hit with millions

 
This screenshot made from a video shows the 18-karat toilet, titled "America," by Maurizio Cattelan in the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Sept. 16, 2016. (AP Photo, File)

Jury convicts thief who stole golden toilet from English palace

 

South Carolina apartment complex holds vigil for Walter the alligator

 

Taiwan marathon organizers apologize after giving out prizes in the shape of a Chinese machine gun

 
The Chicago River is dyed green as part of annual St. Patrick's Day festivities Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago dyes its river bright green as it opens St. Patrick’s Day celebrations

 
Shoppers head into and out of a Walmart store, Feb. 7, 2025, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, FILE)

Michigan judge wanted Walmart shoplifters to wash cars. His boss stepped on the hose.

 
This image provided by the Illinois Secretary of State's Office in March 2025 shows the top voted state flag design, the current flag. (Illinois Secretary of State's Office via AP)

Illinois votes on a new state flag design — and chooses the current one

 
In this image provided by Carolyn Kiefer her mother, Katherine Kiefer, 82, is reunited with her cat Aggie at VCA Chatoak Animal Hospital after the Palisades Fire destroyed her home and the cat was missing, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Carolyn Kiefer via AP)

One cat’s incredible reunion with its owner after the LA wildfires

 
This photo provided by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shows a turtle in a box after a Pennsylvania man was caught with the turtle concealed in his pants when the TSA body scanner triggered an alarm in the area of the man’s groin on Friday, March 7, 2025, at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J. (TSA via AP)

Man found with a live turtle concealed in his pants by TSA at a New Jersey airport

 

A Swiss politician was fined for buying pink water pistols online

 
A large balloon used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for surveillance along the Texas border that broke free on Monday, and traveled about 600 miles (966 kilometers) miles to the north as high winds swept through the state that crashed is shown on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 in Quinlan, Texas. (KDFW via AP)

US surveillance balloon breaks free near Texas border and travels to Dallas area before crashing

 
A man runs with the ball in the Henmore Brook during the annual Shrovetide medieval soccer match played in Ashbourne, England, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Darren Staples)

This wild ancient version of soccer has rules like ‘no murder’ and is still being played today

 
This undated photo provided by Goldin Auctions shows a Cheeto shaped like the Pokémon Charizard that has sold at auction for $87,840. (Goldin Auctionsvia AP)

A Cheeto shaped like the beloved Pokémon Charizard is auctioned for $87,840

 
Artist Marco Evaristti is photographed with his exhibition "And now you care", before the opening in Den Graa Koedby in Copenhagen, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (Emil Nicolai Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Piglets left to starve as part of a controversial art exhibition in Denmark have been stolen

 
This photo provided by Victory Junction shows kids posing for a photo with llama Whitetop at Victory Junction, a camp for chronically ill children, in Randleman, N.C., in 2023. (Victory Junction via AP)

World’s oldest llama enjoys comforting chronically ill children in North Carolina

 
In this photo provided by the New Zealand Department of Conservation a dolphin is tended to at Waitangi, New Zealand, after it was removed from a fishing boat that the dolphin had jumped into on Feb. 28, 2025. (Department of Conservation via AP)

One moment, calm waters. The next, a 900-pound dolphin landed on their boat

 
Runners compete during a traditional pancake race by livery companies at the Guildhall in London, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Crowds cheer as runners with frying pans race to mark annual Pancake Day

 
A passer by climbs up a ladder of the Bridegroom's Oak which has a famous knothole that has been used as a mailbox since 1892, in Dodau forest, near Eutin, northern Germany, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Timber over Tinder: Bridegroom’s Oak in a German forest has connected lovers for over a century

 
Some of 2461 polar swimmers get out of the water after breaking a world record for the largest polar bear dip at a lake in Most, Czech Republic, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Cold-water swimmers in the Czech Republic set a new world record for the largest polar bear dip

 
April Cullinan, left, of Gainesville, Fla., and Zach Reynolds, of Tampa, Fla., compete in the Florida Sumo Cage Match and Beer Chug event during the Florida Man Games, Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Elkton, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Florida Man Games return for Round 2 as teams vie to be the world’s worst superhero

 
This image released by SRH shows a scene from the film "Hundreds of Beavers." (SRH via AP)

Best mullet? Best use of Taylor Swift? AP hands out its own movie awards ahead of the Oscars

 
Billy Horschel hits his tee shot on the second hole of the South Course at Torrey Pines during the first round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

A Florida Gator took on a Florida gator. Billy Horschel prevailed in the matchup at PGA National

 
This image from body cam video, provided by Saratoga Springs Police, shows the rescue of Sly, a 1,300-pound horse that fell through ice of a pond in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (Saratoga Springs Police via AP)

Dramatic rescue saves horse from icy pond in New York

 
Nova, left, an endangered Southern White Rhinoceros born in January 2025, stands next to her mother Elie at Paira Daiza Zoo in Brugelette, Belgium, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Marius Burgelman)

Baby white rhino Nova makes her public debut at Belgium’s Pairi Daiza zoo

 
In this photo released by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, a Perfect Pets worker holds one of two bulldog puppies stolen from the store, after the dogs were returned by a person who bought the dogs from a street vendor, in Centennial, Colorado, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

Thieves nab pricey bulldogs from a Colorado pet store after faking a seizure, sheriff says