New York Post

Weird BUT true

- Dean Balsamini, Wires

He’s got the magic touchand-scratch!

A Virginia man was waiting until the local lottery’s customer-service center reopened to cash in his $1,000 winning scratch-off ticket when he purchased a Lucky 7s Tripler ticket.

That ducat turned out to be a $177,777 prize winner.

They’re the cream of the crop.

Two Idaho men now hold the odd Guinness World Record of most table-tennis balls caught in shaving foam on the head in 30 seconds.

David Rush and Jonathan Hannon topped the old mark of 22 by teaming up to trap 29 balls. Their secret?

Rush formed the shaving cream on Hannon’s head into a bowl shape to better catch the balls, which Rush had to toss from a distance of at least 6½ feet away.

Not bareburger? A Minnesota mall security guard was patrolling the parking lot in his vehicle at about 3 a.m. when he spotted a hungry “customer” window-shopping for an after-hours meal.

Upon closer look, the patron peering through the windows of Noodles & Co. was a big ol’ bear.

It’s a meet market! A Japanese aquarium closed due to the pandemic is engaging the stay-athome set by introducin­g sea animals to each other and sharing the results online.

The pairings — designed to also keep the creatures from getting bored — include a group of eight waddling penguins who make stops at a tank of seals.

Washington state is booming.

Multiple witnesses recently reported hearing a loud exploding sound along with a bright object streaking across the sky over the Puget Sound followed by a boom that witnesses said caused their homes to shake. The American Meteor Society said the fireworks were likely caused by a car-sized meteor disintegra­ting over the area.

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