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$100,000 winning lottery ticket sat in a box for 5 months A Michigan man's ticket for the Michigan Lottery's Super Raffle was in a box for nearly five months before he discovered it was a $100,000 winner.

Look: Maine chicken becomes oldest in the world at 15 years old A Maine resident's pet chicken was officially named the oldest of her species in the world at the age of 15 years and 100 days old.

Watch: Falling ice chunk crashes through roof, lands on living room couch A Los Angeles County official is calling for a Federal Aviation Administration investigation after a chunk of ice crashed through the roof of a house.

101-year-old New Zealand man named world's oldest croquet player A New Zealand man who took up the game of croquet at the age of 79 was named the world's oldest player by Guinness World Records at 101.

Look: Stuck horse rescued from mud in England Firefighters and a veterinarian in Britain spent about four hours rescuing a horse found stuck on its side in deep and sticky mud.

Maryland store's recent lottery luck inspires $500,000 ticket purchase A Maryland man said a locally-won $1 million lottery prize inspired him to buy a ticket from the same location -- and he won $500,000.

Australian man becomes world's oldest grandfather An Australian man was certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest first-time grandfather at the age of 91.

Watch: Loon tangled in fishing wire rescued from Long Island Sound Animal rescuers in New York's Long Island region came to the rescue of a loon spotted tangled in fishing line in the path of the rising tide.

Look: 'Goose on the loose' wrangled in Connecticut Animal control officials in Connecticut are trying to find the owner of a "goose on the loose" found in Orange.

Watch: California zebra escapes for the second time in four days A zebra named Zeus escaped from his owner's property in Northern California for the second time in just a few days.