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Look: Netherlands woman finds escaped snake in bedroom closet A Netherlands woman discovered a snake in her bedroom closet that police later determined had escaped from a neighbor's home.

Ohio player wins $10,000 lottery prize on his 18th birthday An Ohio man stopped at a gas station just after midnight on his 18th birthday and walked out with a lottery ticket worth $10,000.

Watch: Calf eludes police in Walmart parking lot, flees into drainage tunnel An escaped calf dubbed "Moodini" led San Antonio police and animal care officers on a chase through a Walmart parking lot and into a drainage tunnel.

Woman writes 150 words on a sticky note to break Guinness World Record A United Arab Emirates woman broke a Guinness World Record by managing to hand-write 150 different words onto a single sticky note.

Watch: Squid spill closes Rhode Island intersection for 8 hours It was a calamari catastrophe on a Rhode Island road when an overturned tractor-trailer spilled "a substantial portion" of squid into traffic.

Watch: Texas police apprehend lemur on the loose Police in Texas were called to wrangle an unusual pet described as "fast, furry and refusing to cooperate" -- a lemur.

Look: African serval captured after days on the loose in Illinois Animal control officials in Illinois' Grundy County said an African serval on the loose for multiple days has been safely captured.

N.C. man let his lucky ring choose $250,000 lottery ticket A North Carolina man won a $250,000 lottery prize after letting his lucky ring choose his scratch-off ticket for him.

Watch: Florida man breaks own record with mini basketball shot from 102 feet A Florida man launched a miniature basketball into a hoop from a distance of over 100 feet to break his own Guinness World Record.

Watch: California pig pursuit caught on camera A pig pursuit on the streets of West Hollywood, Calif., was caught on camera before the porcine fugitive was finally captured.