Polish swimmer Bartłomiej Kubkowski has become the first man in history to swim across the Baltic sea with no help from a boat, no sleep, and no breaks. It took him 55 hours to complete the 100 mile swim, and the stunt raised over $190,000 for charity.

Texas broke its all time electricity demand record twice in two days during a brutal heat wave. Record solar and battery output ensured the grid remained stable.

A cat named Toast miraculously survived a fire that engulfed an apartment complex in Utah. It took firefighters over 60 hours to put out the blaze, but Toast locked in and survived by hiding in a closet for 3 days.

An 18 year-old boy has set the Guinness World Record for youngest college professor ever. Nathan Thomas started college at 10 years old and worked for almost a decade to earn his Master's and become a professor.

Texas is putting a pause on around 1,800 AI data center projects by direct order of Governor Greg Abbott. He's cracking down on data centers and forcing strict regulations on them, saying "Texans must come first" over data centers.

A 69 year-old man got questioned by police after landing his helicopter in a Cabela's parking lot. He was feeling too lazy to drive an hour for his shopping, so he just took his helicopter instead.

Brazil cuts diplomatic presence in Argentina after Milei outburst. He called Lula a "thief", accused him of leading a hate campaign during the World Cup and also insulted a Brazilian Supreme Court judge.

Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, the most expensive Democratic primary ever. He overcame more than $60,000,000 in outside spending to defeat Haley Stevens.

Italy is set to grant amnesty to foreign workers by 2028 to plug gaps in their labor market. Just days ago, Prime Minister Meloni asked for Spain to be removed from the EU border-free zone for having a similar program.

Jo Nagai, a 10 year-old from Japan, discovered that butterflies can remember their time as caterpillars. What started as experiments driven by curiosity is now being presented to scientists and gaining international attention.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has officially crossed the $1,000,000,000 mark at the global box office. It's the second fastest film ever to hit the mark, trailing only "Avengers: Endgame".

Japanese chef Takamasa Osawa won a Michelin star for his restaurant that only serves a single dish. That dish is a single pot of biryani.

A LAPD officer is facing 13 years in prison for recording racist and misogynistic comments of coworkers. He handed the material to Internal Affairs himself, believing they would do something about it.

The Saudi Public Investment Fund has completed its acquisition of the video game conglomerate “EA” for $55,000,000,000 Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is the Fund’s chairman and has previously said that he plays video games as a way to alleviate stress, ever since he was young

China crosses major energy tipping point and reduces coal to less than 50% of its total electricity generation in the first half of the year.

New Jersey has ended most veteran homelessness statewide. The state used over $30,000,000 to permanently house more than 2,500 veterans in under two years.

Liquid Death released a peanut butter cup flavored sparkling water in collaboration with Feastables

A FBI supervisor allegedly memorized crypto recovery seed phrases from wallets seized during a investigation. He was found using them months later to transfer $1,000,000 into his own account.

Taylor Farms, the lettuce company believed to be a likely source of the US diarrhea outbreak, has been linked to widespread use of prison labor on its farms.

Mark Zuckerberg claims "AI has created a lot of jobs" as he moves to spend $130,000,000,000 on AI. Meta has fired 8,000 employees in 2026, about 10% of its workforce.

An Israeli court halted the plan to install crocodile-filled moats in a Palestinian prison. The court cited animal welfare concerns.

Dave Bautista has reportedly emerged as the frontrunner to play Kratos in Amazon’s live action God of War series.

Tom Holland's brother Sam sent him recipes to cook for Zendaya while she was busy filming. He is a professional chef that has trained in Michelin-starred kitchens.

India's installed solar capacity has surged 57-fold since 2014, from 2.82 to 162.15 GW.

Fremont, California has been named this year's happiest city in the US.

Over 4,000 children have been killed or injured in the Iran war, UNICEF estimates.

Hamas says it won't disarm until Israel fulfills all of its obligations under the first phase of the ceasefire. Israel is yet to withdraw from Gaza and allow international presence in the strip.

Jeff Bezos accuses Zohran Mamdani of treating a hedge fund CEO like a "villain" in the video announcing a tax on non-primary residences valued at $5,000,000 or more.

A woman used a tampon to set fire to a church in Utah the night before it was scheduled to host her wedding.

A man spent 58 years saving a bankrupt boat company just to turn down a $400,000,000 offer and give it all to charity instead. Eddie Smith Jr. worked 100-hour weeks and even poured his life savings into keeping the business afloat.