Cold dip: Quinn Barabash of Terrace, British Columbia (CAN) took on a crazy, cold weather challenge by taking a cold dip in an ice-covered lake. However, to get to the water, he had to shovel a metre (three feet) of snow to expose the ice. Then, he used an auger to drill through the ice, which was half a metre (18 inches) thick. But that’s not the worst of it. He did this wearing only a pair of cut-off shorts and a fur hat. Once the opening was made, he took his dip. It only lasted a few seconds, and he came out shivering, but triumphant! The entire event was captured on video.

Lost car: Some of those big box store parking lots can seem vast as there can be rows and rows of cars belonging to all those fellow shoppers. So, it’s not all that unusual for people to “lose” their car in the lot, especially if they haven’t taken note of its location. However, a man from Coconut Grove, Northern Territory (AUS) was sure he knew where he’d parked his car but, when it wasn’t there upon his return from shopping, he called police to report it stolen. However, the car had not been stolen, the man really had forgotten where he’d parked. Luckily, the police officer on the case had a sense of humour.

Burgermania: The owners of a restaurant in Preston, Lancashire, England, pulled quite a stunt when they created a very tall, very filling burger. John Clarkson and his wife, Corrine, built the tower of food, which was made up of ten cheeseburgers, but that is not all! It also contained other types of British comfort food, such as pork pies and black pudding, that were wrapped in ground beef – almost 12 pounds of it. The 30,000 calorie tower of burgers measured 5 ft. 4 inches high. However, the burger tower was not on display for long because staff members and customers couldn’t resist sharing the bounty.

Escape attempt: An inmate at the HMP Bedford Prison in Bedfordshire, England used his skill at carving in an attempt to break out of the jail. Using a bar of soap as raw material, he carved a fake handgun. It is thought that he was planning to use the fake gun to aim at guards during an escape. Unfortunately for the inmate, the carved soap was discovered before he had a chance to paint it and ultimately use it in his run for freedom. The inmate knew of another instance where a fake carved gun had worked years ago. John Dillinger escaped from an American prison in the 1930s using a gun carved from wood.