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Cypriot busts a move with 468 wine glasses balanced on his head

A dancer in Cyprus may have broken a Guinness World Record by balancing 468 wine glasses on his head — while dancing.

Dinos Kkantis performed a traditional routine known as the Dance of the Glasses at an Easter Tuesday event in Aradippou, Kkantis, which involved an increasing number of trays of glasses being placed on his head while he danced.

Kkantis managed to dance with 468 glasses on his head, potentially taking the Guinness World Record for the most wine glasses balanced on the head. The current record of 319 glasses was set by fellow Cypriot Aristotelis Valaoritis in May 2023.

Video and other evidence from Kkantis' performance must now be reviewed by Guinness World Records before becoming official.

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Pawesome pooches shred the waves at Florida dog surfing festival

Canines conquered the waves in Florida for the Brevard Humane Society's 13th annual East Coast Dog Surfing Festival.

The Easter tradition at Lori Wilson Park in Cocoa Beach saw 23 radical rovers riding surfboards and shredding the waves on Sunday.

The competition was attended by dozens more canines and about 5,000 human spectators.

Sammie the chiweenie — a cross between a chihuahua and a dachshund — successfully defended his 2024 title by taking the top spot in this year's competition.

"The dogs really do want to surf, just like people," Theresa Clifton of the Brevard Humane Society told WOFL-TV. "It's another way that we can show the public that animals are part of our family."

The festival, sponsored by the Ron Jon Surf Shop, also featured a canine bikini contest and an Easter outfit contest.

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British man unknowingly buys back his own stolen car

A British man who paid more than $26,000 to replace his stolen car later discovered he had unknowing bought his own vehicle back.

Ewan Valentine, 36, from Solihull, England, said he discovered Feb. 28 that his black 2016 Honda Civic Type-R had been stolen from its overnight parking space.

Valentine said he was distraught about the loss and hoped to replace the car with a nearly-identical vehicle.

"Sure enough, I found one for sale. Same color, same year, same custom exhaust system," he wrote on social media.

The license plates and VIN were different from his stolen vehicle, so he didn't think too much about the similarities until he had already paid more than $26,000 for the replacement ride.

"I started to notice some odd things when I got it home. I noticed a tent peg and some Christmas tree pines in the boot. I noticed the locking wheel nut was in a Tesco sandwich bag. I noticed some wrappers in the central storage section. All oddly similar to my stolen car," he wrote.

Valentine decided to check the car's on-board GPS and discovered it had previously been to his house, his parents' house and even his partners' parents' house.

"A part of me felt sort of triumphant for a moment until I realized, actually, no, this isn't some heroic moment; you didn't go and get your car back; you've actually done something a bit stupid," Valentine told the BBC.

He took the vehicle to a Honda dealership, where technicians confirmed the VIN was a fake and the car was indeed the one that had been stolen from Valentine.

"The first Honda technician, he pulled the physical key out, puts it straight in the door and unlocks it and he's like, 'Yes, it's your car,'" Valentine said.

Valentine said he does not believe the garage that sold him the car knew it was stolen.

"The police and the Honda garage all said this was one of the best clone jobs they'd ever seen, so if it wasn't for these little artifacts, no one would have ever known," he said.

The car is currently being investigated by police for forensic evidence and will then be turned over to Valentine's insurance company.

"The police are now handing the car over to my insurance company, who will either get it road legal again and in a position that it can be insured on my original policy again or pay out for the car if that costs more than the car," he told Birmingham Live.

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Tourist wins lottery prize of over $3M while visiting Chicago

A tourist visiting Chicago made a stop at a local store and won a prize worth $3,188,104 from the Illinois Lottery.

The visitor, nicknamed Traveling Treasure, told Illinois Lottery officials he came to Chicago to see the popular tourist sites.

"I've been to Chicago before, but never had the chance to explore the tourist spots, so on this trip I made sure to see as much as I could," the player said. "I visited the Skydeck at Willis Tower, checked out some filming locations from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and of course, I couldn't leave without seeing The Bean."

The man said he stopped at Komal Wine and Liquor on North Cumberland Avenue during his trip and bought a FastPlay Ultimate Diamond Jackpot ticket.

"Before heading back to my hotel one evening, I stopped at a nearby convenience store," he said. "I noticed the Ultimate Diamond Jackpot game had a pretty high prize amount at the time, so I decided to try my luck and bought a ticket. When I got back to the hotel and checked it, I saw that I'd won the jackpot — over $3 million! It was a moment of shock and awe, and I completely froze."

Traveling Treasure said he already has big plans for his winnings.

"I've been wanting to buy a house for a while, but with how expensive real estate is these days, it just hasn't been possible. Then, I recently found out my landlord is selling the apartment I've been renting, so now I have to move out. I feel incredibly lucky — this win couldn't have come at a better time," he said.

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Snake falls from restaurant ceiling, lands in diner's margarita

A Virginia woman was enjoying a margarita at a Henrico County restaurant when a baby snake fell from the ceiling, bounced off her forehead and landed in her drink.

Carletta Andrews said she was at Patron Mexican Restaurant and Cantina in Sandston on April 16 and had finished eating when she felt a small impact.

"I leaned in to take a sip and I noticed something hit me in the forehead and I looked at my husband like, 'What was that?'" Andrews told WRIC-TV. "When I turned around, I saw the snake in my margarita."

"It was moving. It started wrapping around my straw," she said.

Andrews said restaurant workers attempted to get the snake to wrap itself around a stick, but ultimately another customer grabbed it with their hands and took it outside.

"I kept saying please don't let it go in my purse," she said. "I left shaking, I was traumatized."

The restaurant offered to move her to another table, but Andrews said she just wanted to leave.

"It was definitely a shock," she wrote on social media.

The owner of the restaurant said the snake likely entered the building through an air conditioning vent.

Andrews said she is "not going out to eat anytime soon."

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Iowa museum owner's spoon collection tallied at 38,162

An Iowa museum owner said she believes she has broken a Guinness World Record for her collection of 38,162 spoons.

Cammie Pohl, owner of the Mississippi Spoon Gallery in Davenport, gathered about two dozen volunteers to spend more than 5 hours cataloging her entire inventory to present to Guinness World Records as evidence.

The current record for the largest collection of spoons is held by Australian man Des Warren, whose collection of 30,000 teaspoons was tallied in 1990.

Pohl said she believes the record will soon be hers, as her collection now stands at 38,162 spoons.

"His is all teaspoons. Mine are teaspoons, salt spoons, mustard spoons, Gilded Age spoons and spoons for centuries," Pohl told WQAD-TV.

Pohl said her spoon collecting habit started when her great-grandmother, who used to have tea parties with her when she was little, gifted her 127 spoons.

She said her museum is aimed at showing the beauty of her collection and educating the public about the art of silversmithing.

"People write them off as not art, but the details on these are just delicate, and it means the world to me to have this record, so that I can say, 'Look at this artwork, and look, I got the record, too,'" Pohl said.

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World's tallest and shortest dogs have puppy playdate in Idaho

Guinness World Records shared video from the historic meeting between the world's tallest living dog — standing 3 feet, 3 inches tall — and the world's shortest dog, who stands at 3.59 inches tall.

Reginald, a 7-year-old great Dane, and Pearl, a 4-year-old chihuahua, came together for a record-breaking puppy playdate at Reginald's owner's house in Idaho.

Reginald's owner, Sam, told Guinness World Records that the canine is "just a big baby" who "acts like a human toddler."

"I'm not worried that [Reggie] won't be careful around Pearl. He's very, very cautious and aware. I anticipate that he will be really good with her, and probably be more interested in Pearl's owners than maybe Pearl herself," Sam said.

Pearl's owner, Vanessa Semler, said the pint-sized pooch is very fond of larger dogs.

"When Pearl meets bigger dogs, she is really friendly. I think she has no idea she is a small dog," she said. "Normally she's really playful with bigger dogs, she just wants to be around [them]."

The two canines were introduced on the couch at Reggie's home, and quickly hit it off.

"It was a really fun and exciting day," Semler said. "He was absolutely adorable, playful like Pearl."

Sam said Pearl's bravery was impressive.

"I was surprised Pearl wasn't more afraid of Reggie. But she was so excited and interested in him, and he was just like 'Whoa, I have no idea what that is!'" Sam said.

The two owners agreed that despite the height difference, the two dogs are more alike than they are different.

"They are very similar in a lot of ways. Because he's a baby," Semler said.

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Overturned truck covers Texas highway in 8 million dimes

The Texas Department of Transportation took on an unusual clean-up operation after an overturned truck lost its load of 8 million dimes — $800,000 worth of change.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said the 18-wheeler rolled onto its side in the southbound lanes of U.S. 81/287 near the Farm Road 1655 exit in Alvord.

The department said the truck had gone off the road and the driver over-corrected, causing the vehicle to overturn.

The driver and a passenger were taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

The Alvord Fire Department confirmed the truck lost its load of about 8 million freshly-minted dimes.

The highway was closed for several hours while Department of Transportation crews cleaned up the loose change.

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South Carolina man thought $1M lotto win was a prank

A Columbia, S.C., man initially thought it was a joke when the South Carolina Education Lottery called to tell him he had won $1 million.

He hung up and called his wife, who was on her way home. When she arrived, he told her he might be a millionaire.

Her response was, "Oh, come on."

The couple didn't believe the news until they visited the Lottery's Claims Center and received a check for the full amount.

The man won the prize in the Royal Millions Second-Chance Promotion. Players were able to submit both winning and non-winning scratch-offs for a chance at the top prize.

"It's unbelievable," the man told lottery officials. "It's more money than I have ever seen in my life."

Recently, a 60-year-old Michigan man won $6 million from a scratch-off ticket after playing the lottery for more than 40 years. He said he would use the money towards his savings and a vacation.

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Florida woman, dog escape bear thanks to bag of cookies

A Florida woman protected herself and her small dog from a bear by throwing the hungry bruin a bag of cookies.

Kristen Savage said she and her chihuahua mix, Ringo, were walking near their home in the Markham Woods area of Sanford when they had a close encounter with a wandering bear.

"I heard a bird. I was looking for a bird in a tree, and then I saw a black thing come at my leg," Savage told WKMG-TV. "I thought it was an off-leash dog at first, and then I realized it was a giant head."

She said the bear was particularly interested in 13-pound Ringo.

"I hauled him like a piñata in the air, and I spun around to get away," she told WOFL-TV.

Savage said she kept spinning to keep Ringo away from the bear, causing her to fall and incur bruises and scrapes on her legs.

She said the encounter ended thanks to a bag of cookies from her mother.

"My mom, she lives just down the street, and she had just stopped and handed me a bag of cookies for my kids. When I remembered I had them in my hand I took the bag and I whacked the bear across the face with it, and then I threw it," Savage said. "She came forward and then she sniffed and she put her head down and sniffed the cookies and we ran to the front door."

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said they learned the bear was a mother with cubs nearby. The FWC is working with neighbors to make sure trash and other attractants are secured.

"I don't put blame on the bear. I'm sure she was just as scared as I was," Savage said. "As a mom I would do whatever I could to protect my babies and I'm sure she was doing the same."

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