A 26-year-old man set a new Guinness World Record by making the largest rubber ball ever from more than 175,000 rubber bands. It weighs 4,594-pounds and stands 5 1/2 feet high and 19 feet round. "The rubber bands . . . sometimes they'll break. That hurts," said Steve Milton. "As long as you wear your safety goggles, you're good. "

The number 13 is the unluckiest ball in the National Lottery, according to records of organizers of the numbers' game in the U. K. According to Camelot, the organizer of the lotto game in Britain, in the 12 years that the game was launched in the U. K. , the number 13 has been drawn only 132 times.

A 26-year-old man who lives in Oregon has created what he believes to be the heaviest rubber-band ball ever. Steve Milton's ball weighs 3,300 pounds and stands nearly five feet tall. It currently takes up half his garage, and Milton says he wants to put at least 1,000 more pounds on it. Milton is keeping the public posted on the ball's ever-growing size on his MySpace page. He's also uploaded videos of the ball crushing stuff. One video shows a forklift dropping it on an old van.

Police in Israel are looking for 40 vibrators, whips and sex equipment worth 200 dollars, after a prominent sexologist's car was broken into. It's thought that the thieves who broke into Shelly Pasternak's car probably didn't know what they were taking, as the sex toys were contained in two metallic cases similar to those used for audio-visual equipment. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP that the exact value of the items stolen was unclear, and that they were searching for the items "just as with any other incident of theft. "

Fried Coke treats are becoming the latest new hit for state fairs around the country. The artery-clogging dessert seems to be gaining rapid popularity. According to the AFP, the deep-fried dough is soaked in the Coke syrup, resulting in "gooey Coke-battered nuggets topped with cola syrup. "