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World's oldest living land animal extends record to 194 years The world's oldest living land animal, Jonathan the tortoise, extended his record to 194 years and was officially named a Guinness World Records Icon.

Watch: Australian zoo's escaped Tasmanian devil safely captured A Tasmanian devil that escaped from a Queensland zoo was located about a mile from the park more than two weeks later.

Watch: San Diego Zoo fills bear habitat with man-made snow There was some unseasonable snow in San Diego when the zoo transformed its grizzly bear habitat into a winter wonderland with man-made powder.

Lottery player's forgetfulness leads to $1.05M jackpot A Michigan man who forgot to give a store clerk his usual instructions ended up winning a $1.05 million jackpot thanks to his accidental omission.

Look: Loose emu's origins a mystery in New Jersey Authorities in New Jersey are trying to identify the owner of an emu that has been on the loose in the northern part of the state for several days.

Look: German man assembles world's largest Lego sausage A German man assembled 65,000 Lego bricks into the shape of a bratwurst and bun to break the Guinness World Record for the largest Lego brick sausage.

Look: What 'sounded like a dog' in Conn. storm drain was a baby raccoon Animal control and firefighters in Connecticut responded to a call about an animal trapped in a storm drain and wound up rescuing a baby raccoon.

Watch: Cat wanders onto stage during 'Romeo and Juliet' ballet performance A ballet performance of "Romeo and Juliet" in Turkey went off-script when a cat wandered onto stage and interacted with the performance.

$100 lottery win leads Va. man to $100,000 prize A Virginia man won $100 from a lottery ticket and used $5 of his winnings to buy a scratch-off ticket that earned him a $100,000 prize.

Watch: Fireball lights the night sky over 15 U.S. states A bright fireball illuminated the night sky over several states, including Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, South Carolina and Texas.