oddly enough

oddly enough

Blosom, the world’s tallest cow, dies in northern Illinois

ORANGEVILLE, Ill.

The world’s tallest cow has died on a farm in northern Illinois after holding the record for less than a year.

Pat Hanson tells The (Freeport) Journal-Standard that her 6-foot-4 Holstein, called Blosom, died May 26 on her farm near Orangeville, just south of the Wisconsin/ Illinois line.

Hanson says she’s not sure what was wrong with Blosom, but that she had the 13-year-old Holstein put down after two veterinarians said they couldn’t save her.

Hanson says Blosom was buried in her favorite pasture, with her head facing east toward the farm.

Guinness anointed Blosom the world’s tallest cow last August.

Although she’s no longer alive, the 2,000-pound cow maintains that title and will appear in the 2016 edition of the Guinness World Records book.

New Chinese restaurant’s name: I Don’t Know

ROCHESTER, N.Y.

There’s a new Chinese restaurant in Rochester. The name? I Don’t Know.

Seriously, the I Don’t Know Chinese Restaurant recently opened in the western New York city. Owner Jessie Dong tells the Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester that said she came up with the unusual name because whenever she would ask her three children what they wanted to eat, their response would be: “I don’t know.”

Dong said when it came time to name the new restaurant, her family didn’t know that either, hence the name I Don’t Know.

Dong is a native of Guangdong province in China and now lives with her family in the town of Greece, a Rochester suburb.

Bull free after falling into metro Atlanta well, taking nap

FAIRBURN, Ga.

A bull that fell into a metro Atlanta well Wednesday was freed after taking a nap during the rescue effort.

Abel Ambrosio Lopez told WSB-TV the bull fell through rotten wood that was covering a well on his property in Fairburn, south of Atlanta.

Lopez says he assumed the 3-year-old, 1,500-pound bull named Boy jumped a fence and took off, and was surprised to find it lying in the well.

Local media reported that crews used a backhoe to dig a bigger hole so the animal could walk out. But the bull decided to take a nap and didn’t immediately leave once he was able to.

Lopez has said the bull seems to be OK. He said he estimated that the hole could be up to 12 feet deep.

Associated Press