Houston, TX -- A Houston woman hit a 1 in 11 million jackpot on Monday by giving birth to two sets of identical twins. The big birth is a long-awaited event for Sheryl McGowen and her husband Jeffery, who have been trying to have a baby for 12 years, they tell the "Houston Chronicle."

ESSEN, Germany -- Seniors are stronger than ever these days: Just consider the case of the 80-year-old German man who used a sledgehammer to break into a supermarket and haul away eight bags of groceries. He didn't get far: The store's alarm went off and police arrived on the scene to find the guy barely able to walk with his arms full of groceries.

BOSTON -- The owners of The Black Rose -- Boston's oldest Irish pub -- are feeling chipper after setting the World Record for "World's Largest Fish and Chips Serving." Yesterday (Mar. 16), cooks fried up more than 34.21 pounds of fish and 43.54 pounds of french fries, toppling the record established by a restaurant in South Africa.

TRASACCO, Italy -- Police in the town of Trasacco, Italy, had to break a window to a church to let the priest in to do his work. Parishioners in Trasacco treasured their old priest so much they barred the church door for six months so the new priest couldn't get inside. According to Reuters, Father Duilio Testa was also the first non-Capuchin monk in 430 years to lead the town.

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