Weird but true

Judy Garland could have spent a long time flying over this rainbow.

A rainbow in the mountains over Taiwan in November 2016 that lasted a record-breaking nine hours has made it into the Guinness Book of Records.

“It was amazing . . . it felt like a gift from the sky . . . it’s so rare,’’ said Chou Kunhsuan, a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the island’s Chinese Culture University.

The former first-place rainbow display lasted a mere six hours over Yorkshire, England, in 1994.

It’s just what the world was waiting for.

A Swiss student posted to YouTube video of his amazing new invention: a machine that can crank out paper planes on an assembly line.

The youngster, who goes by Fabian, acknowledged cheating a little by helping the planes move.

But he said it’s still a work in progress, and he expects to improve it to the point where it can run without human intervention. He’ll create a second video when his work is complete.

Rhode Island residents who love the outdoors can breathe easier.

The state representative who sponsored a bill outlawing outhouses in the Ocean State said he’s withdrawing the measure.

Had it passed, violators could have been fined up to $1,000.

This teenager is a real clean freak.

Louis the gorilla, who lives at the Philadelphia Zoo, walks upright like a human instead of the typical stance of leaning forward with his knuckles on the ground — especially when visitors feed him.

Keepers believe the 18year-old primate doesn’t want to get his food dirty before he eats it.

Persistence pays. Gary Shipley of Hoxie, Kan., has been playing the same four numbers in the state lottery for as many as five years. He finally won — a cool $22,000. Wires