While you may not need an excuse to eat a donut, you may need one to convince your parents - Here's a good one - It is National Donut Day!...

The Cadbury Chocolate Company in New Zealand hosts an annual competition entitled 'Unleash the Goo'. The rules of the contest are simple. Contestants have to purchase one or more Cadbury Creme Eggs, pick a fun way to unleash its 'goo' and film it....

Roscoe was an underfed stray Blue Tick Hound roaming the grounds of an animal sanctuary in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, when he met its animal ambassador - An Orangutan named Suriya....

On May 20th, soldiers from the Royal Welsh Army unit based in Chester, gathered to honor one of their own - Billy a nine-year old Kashmir goat, who retired after seven years of selfless service with the unit....

Just like any two-year old, Melbourne toddler Aelita Andre loves to finger paint - Except her paintings are considered works of art and, are fetching thousands of dollars....

World laughter day, which takes place on the first Sunday of May every year, was first celebrated in Mumbai, India in 1988. Started by Dr. Madan Kataria, the founder of the Laughter Yoga movement, the day was established to unite people of all nationalities, through laughter....

Last week, thousands of people in the city of Yokohama, Japan, watched in awe as two humongous spiders crawled through the city streets....

If you love comic books or simply like free stuff, you are in for a real treat. That's because tomorrow (May 2nd) is Free Comic Book Day, where participating vendors will hand out one (or more) comics to anyone who visits their stores....

In what appeared to be an impromptu recital, 200 dancers performed a modern-day version of the 1965 classic 'Do Re Mi', from the all-time favorite movie, The Sound of Music....

Gertrude Baines, the Planet's oldest person celebrated her 115th birthday in Los Angeles, Calfornia on April 7th, in what was described a low-key party, with just some music, a cake and a few friends....

Jessica Silverman was just five years old when she won her first jellybean-guessing contest. Her prize then was a stuffed toy dragon. Seventeen years later, she has done it again - Only this time, she is walking away with $25,000USD!...

If you think pigs do not make good pets, you haven't met these little ones!...

We have all come across signs that make us wonder what they were thinking, when they put it up. Here are some fun ones that are sure to make you say - Huh, or should we say Duh?...

If you participated in Earth Hour this Saturday, you probably realized how something as small as switching the lights off for an hour, could make a big difference in saving our Earth....

AJ, a 16-year old Indian ring neck parakeet does not only perform impressive gymnastic tricks, but also, plays golf and basketball....

Mailmen In Edinburgh, Scotland, are scratching their heads, after some mischievious prankster covered a Royal Mail mailbox in blue and white wrapping paper and topped it off with a bright red ribbon....

After several delays, Space Shuttle Discovery, finally left for the International Space Station on Sunday evening at 7.43 pm, in what can only be described as a picture perfect launch....

This latest advertisement campaign from Nestle's Kit Kat, has commuters at the London's Victoria Train Station, grinning from ear-to-ear....

Salim Haini, a 25-year old from Algeria will do anything to get into the Guinness Book of World Records - even if it entails eating glass, newspaper and nails!...

Could removing chairs from classrooms help kids fidget less and focus more? A number of teachers in Wisconsin and Minnesota seem to think so, and are now replacing traditional chairs with new adjustable-height stand-up desks....

Two chefs in Scotland may have flipped their way into the Guinness Book of World Records, by cooking up a 29.5 inch (75cm) stack of pancakes - one centimeter higher than what is currently in the record books....

This year's freezing temperatures in Europe are definitely music to the owners of Finland's snow castle - a temporary hotel that has to be re-built every year, since it melts away by April....

How many times have you ordered a cake for a special occasion and discovered that the message on it, is now quite what you intended it to be. Though annoying at the moment, the mistakes are often quite funny in retrospect. Now a site called Cake Wrecks, has made it their mission to document all these little (and big) snafus! Here's a few....

Michelto Lagravere's bull-fighting career began at the tender age of six. It's no wonder that now at the age of eleven, he is already considered a veteran matador....