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Home renovation project leads to discovery of wallet lost for 51 years A carpenter working on a renovation project at a Nova Scotia home made an unusual discovery: a wallet that had been lost by its owner 51 years earlier.

Lottery ticket forgotten for four months turns out to be big winner An Ohio man's Pick 5 lottery ticket spent nearly four months forgotten in a bag before he discovered it was a $50,000 winner.

Look: Canadian buoy floats more than 3,000 miles to Ireland Officials in an Irish county are working to recover an "unusual visitor" to the coastline -- a large Canadian buoy that floated across the ocean.

Watch: Man moves malt balls with a straw to attempt world record An Idaho man used a straw to move 51 malt balls between two bowls in one minute in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record.

Escaped serval returns home after days on the loose Police in Poland said an African serval that escaped from a private property in the northeastern town of Orzysz returned home on its own after a few days.

Look: Kangaroo escapes Missouri petting zoo, spends a day on the loose A kangaroo escaped from a petting zoo in Missouri and spent a day on the loose before being safely captured by police, animal control and a bystander.

Watch: Pious raccoon visits Catholic church in New York City A religious raccoon was caught on camera when it casually strolled into a New York City Catholic church during a candlelight evening service.

S.C. man buys 50 tickets for one lottery drawing, wins 50 times A South Carolina Education Lottery player felt so confident in his Pick 4 numbers that he bought 50 identical tickets -- and scored a total $250,000.

Stranded cat rescued from balcony ledge in Ukraine Emergency responders in Ukraine came to the rescue of a cat that climbed to a fourth-story balcony visor on a Kiev building and became stranded.

Watch: Bear wanders through Pennsylvania restaurant, raids dumpster A large black bear wandered into a Pennsylvania restaurant and was caught on camera as it investigated the host stand.