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Watch: Highly venomous snake found in young girl's bedroom An Australian snake catcher shared video from the capture of an extremely venomous snake found lurking in a young girl's bedroom.

License plate numbers earn Va. woman a $100,000 lottery prize A Virginia woman who kept seeing the same set of numbers on license plates decided to use them to play the lottery and scored a $100,000 prize.

Look: Painting purchased for $30 at estate sale expected to fetch up to $250k A painting bought for $30 at a Michigan estate sale is expected to fetch up to $250,000 at auction after being confirmed as a Gertrude Abercrombie.

Watch: Alligator found wandering loose at New York nature preserve Animal rescuers on New York's Long Island responded to a nature preserve to wrangle an alligator that had apparently been abandoned in the wild.

Two chimpanzees escape enclosure at Taipei Zoo Taiwan's Taipei Zoo revealed two chimpanzees were tranquilized after escaping from their enclosure and wandering into public areas.

Watch: Nearly 430-foot Slim Jim breaks world record in Omaha Conagra Brands unspooled a Slim Jim measuring 429 feet and 5.4 inches long in Nebraska to break the Guinness World Record for the longest meat snack.

Venomous sea snake makes rare appearance at California beach A visitor to a Southern California beach captured video of an encounter with a rare visitor to the state: a highly venomous yellow-bellied sea snake.

Watch: Five generations of Iowa family share a single birthday An Iowa family is being recognized by Guinness World Records for an unusual distinction: five generations sharing the same birthday.

Watch: Horse escapes New Mexico parade, runs through Santa Fe Police in New Mexico teamed up with professional cowboys to wrangle a horse that fled while awaiting the start of a parade in Santa Fe.

Watch: Wisconsin woman recaptures world record for salt and pepper collection A Wisconsin woman reclaimed a Guinness World Records title by amassing a collection of 754 matching pairs of salt and pepper packets.