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Wouldn’t ewe know it. Historic graves dating back to the 1870s were discovered at a cemetery in Ireland thanks to a crew of sheep “hired” to help with maintaining the grounds.

The “goatscaping” effort launched over the summer at St. Matthew’s graveyard in Crosshaven, with the animals let loose to eat overgrowth around headstones.

Call it an act of God. A popular strip club in Alaska was recently turned into a church.

Linda Dunegan, the daughter of a former exotic dancer, said she believes divine intervention led her to transform Fantasies in Anchorage into the Open Door Baptist Church.

A court battle is brewing in Germany over a World War II tank that an elderly man had been storing inside his basement.

The 84-year-old retiree’s collection included the Panther tank, as well as an antiaircraft gun and a torpedo.

Lawyers have been fighting about whether the stockpile violated the country’s laws regulating weapons of war. If found guilty, the man could be on the hook for nearly $600,000 in fines.

It was a colt following. Four horses stirred up trouble in Colorado after they escaped from a rodeo and led cops and firefighters on a high-speed chase.

The animals busted out of their enclosure at the Eagle County Fairgrounds over the weekend, and galloped onto Interstate 70.

Authorities pursued the steeds for about 30 minutes before corralling them.

The Olympic men’s triathlon needed a do-over Monday after an errant boat derailed the event.

About half of the 56 competitors were already in the water when the vessel got in the way, leaving the rest of the athletes stuck on the dock.

Support staffers had to chase down the swimmers, some of whom made it 200 meters out before they eventually stopped and came back.

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