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Man kills biggest Burmese python ever in Florida

Just call him Python Dundee. A Miami man pulled an 18-foot Burmese python out of roadside brush and wrestled with it for 10 minutes before cutting its head with a knife. Full story

Man repeatedly directs midtown NYC traffic drunk

Dolphins persuade humans to raise rare torpedo

Lad provokes cops on Facebook: 'Catch me if u can' ... and they do

R&B Singer Miguel hurts fan in crowd surf fail

Fighting to save endangered bird -- with vomit

Man rides Ferris wheel for 48 hours, setting new world record

Hey, baby anteater, who's your daddy?

Nasty 'crazy' ants even drive out fire ants

MIT's Cheetah-bot gallops into your post-apocalyptic nightmares

Gymnophobics are real-life 'never-nudes'

Waitress gets a $446 tip — on a bill of $5.97

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Man finds $4.85 million lotto ticket in cookie jar

Pals, aged 6 and 7, raise $200,000 to fight rare disease

Kids raise money for family of boy killed in bombing

Woman finds lifeguard who saved her in 1964

Kayaker saves family after SUV plunges into river

Full-face transplant recipient marries burn patient

Co-workers who shared $1M jackpot: ‘It feels good’

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Mice, geckos, gerbils return from space
A Russian space capsule containing mice, sand eels, geckos, gerbils, snails, fish and plants returned to Earth after a month-long mission in space. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

Man attempts record for longest Ferris wheel ride

TP shortage means Venezuelans can’t spare a square

Loose cow puts up a fight in New York

Freak incident traps women under own van

Town sues ‘Robin Hood’ parking-meters fairies

Meth packaged like dinner leftovers seized in bust

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Guinness World Records 2013
Here are eye-popping images of the biggest, fastest, longest, weirdest and wackiest record breakers recognized in 2012 and featured in the 2013 edition of “Guinness World Records.”

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Update: 91 year old man, 'saved from daughter's eviction', more than $138,000 raised online

Scientists find weird Pirate Ant with an 'Eye Patch'

Andrew Fatzinger Allegedly Stops For Beer During Police Chase

Tory MP: If we allow gay marriage, UK could one day have a lesbian queen giving birth to an heir by artificial insemination!

Largest crocodile in captivity marks 110th birthday with 20kg cake made of chicken necks

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