Offbeat

Offbeat

Tony Scott stands with the pumpkin he grew in his Wappingers Falls, NY, backyard on 17 September 2025. Photo: UNB/AP/Shelby Lum

The science behind growing a giant pumpkin

Across the United States, growers like Scott push the limits of plant growth each fall, cultivating colossal pumpkins that can exceed 2,000 pounds

Egyptian wrestler Ashraf Mahrous, better known as Kabonga, pulls a 700-ton ship across the water with a rope held only by his teeth at the marina of the Red Sea resort of Hurghada, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. Photo: Amr Nabil/AP

Egyptian 'strongman' pulls 700-ton ship with his teeth—and isn’t stopping there

Biosphere 2

Inside Earth’s miniature twin: How Biosphere 2 redefined view of the blue orb

Photo: Cluely

Expelled from Columbia for cheating, funded millions for scaling it

Illustration: TBS

AI hallucinations cost lawyer $15,000 in fines

Photo: Collected

Aircraft's tail gets stuck at overpass in Mohakhali, causes traffic disruption

A gray whale seen swimming about 30 miles off Nantucket. Photo: New England Aquarium

Gray whale spotted 200 years after extinction from Atlantic

Israeli farmer Tzahi Ariel presents his giant strawberry, weighing 289 gram and grown in Israel after it sets a new Guinness record in Kadima, Israel, 17 February, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Giant strawberry earns Israeli farmer a Guinness World Record

Photo: Pexels

Dogs can distinguish between different languages: Study

Entrepreneur Muhammad Malik has plastered his face across several advertising hoardings across Birmingham. Photo: Collected.

Billboards to find wife

Agustín Martínez, Jorge Díaz and Antonio Mercero receive the award for the novel "La Bestia". Photo: Collected

3 men posed as female thriller writer win literary award

People who stand out because of their unique genetics

People who stand out because of their unique genetics

The rooster that attacked the man is now in police custody. Photo: India Today.

Rooster 'arrested' after hitting owner in India