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Book returned to British Columbia library 43 years after due date Workers sifting through returns at a British Columbia discovered a dusty tome without a barcode was 43 years overdue.

Quick stop after work earns S.C. man a $500,000 lottery prize A South Carolina man found making a quick stop at the store after work paid off when he scored $500,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket.

Watch: Humorous campaign signs propel 'unqualified' man to city council A British Columbia city council candidate whose humorous campaign signs went viral appears to have won, despite branding himself as unqualified.

Finnish team wins World Olive Picking Championship in Croatia The World Olive Picking Championship in Croatia ended with a surprise when the top spot went to Finland -- a country without any olive trees.

Watch: Students build robot to solve 4x4x4 Rubik's cube in 9.8 seconds A quartet of New Zealand engineering students created a robot that solved a 4x4x4 Rubik's cube in a record-breaking time of 9.8 seconds.

Watch: Three stranded dogs rescued from Quebec cliff A Quebec animal rescue group shared video of a "particularly impressive technical rescue" involving three dogs stranded on a narrow rocky ledge.

Watch: Escaped emu runs through traffic on California road The California Highway Patrol helped wrangle a loose emu spotted running in and out of traffic on a Santa Cruz road.

Two tickets deliver double the lottery prizes for Maryland woman A Maryland woman bought two identical tickets for a single lottery drawing and wound up winning two $50,000 prizes for a total windfall of $100,000.

Watch: Injured hornbill gets prosthetic beak at Netherlands zoo A southern ground hornbill at a Netherlands zoo has become the first bird in the world to receive 3D-printed prosthesis on both its upper and lower beak.

Watch: Skateboarder reaches record-breaking speed of 94.34 mph A skateboarder from Spain broke a Guinness World Record in Canada when he was clocked at a speed of 94.34 mph while traveling downhill in Canada.