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Prisoner Fan Mail

WEIRD WORLD A teenage suspect locked up for a school shooting is curious about fan mail. Apparently, he asked the jail authorities How do I get my fan mail? CRACKED.COM — Source

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Carbon Capture

WEIRD WORLD It turns out that Shell's carbon capture facility in Canada doesn't really work. That is, it does capture carbon - but it emits way more carbon than it captures, according to a new study. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Convicted-Arsonis-Turned-Fire-Chief

WEIRD WORLD In Illinois, they put a convicted arsonist in charge of a fire department. PLATFORM 1 WORSBURG There were high emotions and high drama at the meeting where that guy was made acting chief, apparently. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Groundhog Day

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Uganda

WEIRD WORLD In Uganda, women got banned from sitting on front seats in trucks. BELL TOYOTA TOYOLOCI DAS 100% The reasoning is pretty extraordinary - apparently, the purpose of the regulation is to cut down on the risk of accidents, since their short skirts might distract drivers. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Uttar Pradesh

WEIRD WORLD A newly built road got damaged during, uh... its own inauguration ceremony. At the ceremony in Uttar Pradesh, India, an official smashed a coconut on the freshly-built road - and cracked it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bomb Squads

WEIRD WORLD One guy somehow got a piece of WWII ammunition stuck up his butt. The bomb squad got called, and he ultimately went to the hospital to get the artillery shell removed. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Kimchi

WEIRD WORLD A guy in South Korea found $130,000 cash in a used fridge he bought online. (illustration) The money was taped to the bottom of the kimchi fridge, and he found it when he started cleaning the fridge not long after getting it. CRACKED.COM — Source: UPI

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Gwyneth Paltrow

WEIRD WORLD Gwyneth Paltrow backed a crypto miner, and it crashed right off the bat. Not long after TeraWulf Inc., a crypto mining company, went public, its shares dropped 40% on Nasdaq. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Eric Adams

WEIRD WORLD After the NYC mayor's new safety plan, there were 6 subway stabbings. This happened within only a few days of the new safety plan being unveiled. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Squid Game

WEIRD WORLD South Dakota teachers played a ridiculous, Squid Game-type game. They had to scramble to grab dollar bills, which would go towards funding their classrooms. The game's sponsor apologized afterwards. CRACKED.COM — Source

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North Carolina

WEIRD WORLD In North Carolina, a deer broke into a county courthouse, but deputies saved the day. The deer was let go with a stern warning, according to North Carolina authorities. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Starlink

WEIRD WORLD Starlink satellite dishes are now being used as self-heating beds for cats. The dishes have a self-heating feature, designed to make sure snow doesn't disrupt the signals - but cats are using them as nice, warm beds. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Kellogg’s

WEIRD WORLD The Mexican government seized 380,000 boxes of Kellogg's cereal. The reason? According to the government, cartoons on the boxes violate laws aimed at improving childrens' diets. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rudy Giuliani

WEIRD WORLD Rudy's back, with a grift that's more shameless than ever before. These days, he's selling autographed 9/11 shirts, for the truly special price of $911. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Free Eats

WEIRD WORLD We found out about a guy who used a weird hack to eat basically for free. He did that by getting a $150 yearly membership to Six Flags Magic Mountain that included two meals a day. He ate there for six years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BBC

WEIRD WORLD Anti-vax protesters tried to storm BBC HQ, but got the wrong building. BBG They marched on Television Centre in West London to protest the BBC for promoting vaccines, but didn't realize the BBC moved out of it years ago. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Guardian

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Asparagus

WEIRD WORLD It was discovered that a Belgian law contains an asparagus gratin recipe. Apparently, somebody pasted the wrong text at one spot in the Moniteur Belge, a database of Belgian laws. It's absolutely astonishing, a criminal lawyer said. CRACKED.COM — Source: TheBulletin.be

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Better.com

WEIRD WORLD The CEO of Better.com publicly attacked employees who'd just been fired. Не accused them of stealing by only working a total of two hours per day. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Defecting to, Not From, North Korea

WEIRD WORLD A South Korean actually defected to North Korea. That's extremely rare, of course, and the South Korean military carried out a search - but they weren't successful. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Camo Crossing

WEIRD WORLD A man tried to cross state borders in Australia wearing camo, but it didn't work. Doing that violates Australia's lockdown regulations - and apparently, he thought moving through the forest in camo would work, but no. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Chicken Wings

WEIRD WORLD A 67-year-old man stopped in the middle of traffic to eat some chicken wings. Specifically, he stopped in an intersection - and he was somehow unaware that he'd been involved in a collision earlier. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hong Kong Police

WEIRD WORLD To show patriorism, police in Hong Kong are now going to be goose-stepping. Apparently, it's a switch from the marching drills they used to do, and which dates back to British colonial times. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Maskless Partying

WEIRD WORLD Turns out, partying can get you stuck in a foreign country with no way home. C9-C23 C9-C2 Sen Cole That's what happened to a bunch of people who were filmed partying maskless on their flight to Cancun - their return flight got pulled, and other airlines didn't want to fly them out of Mexico. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Burying Money

WEIRD WORLD One judge defended his act of burying $100,000 in cash to hide it from creditors. It may seem strange, but I'm from Alabama, is how Nashville Judge Kelvin Jones defended himself in his divorce case. CRACKED.COM — Source

15

The Tinder Swindler

WEIRD WORLD The Tinder Swindler is now setting his sights higher- on a government job. Apparently, he'd like to be the foreign minister of Israel, he said. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Fake Poop

WEIRD WORLD The feds started investigating someone who had been sending fake poop. The perp kept sending the, uh, stuff to a postal employee for reasons that are currently unclear. CRACKED.COM — Source

13

The World’s Largest Potato

WEIRD WORLD The world's largest potato, an utter monstrosity, was dug up in New Zealand. The potato holding the Guinness World Record weighs 5 kg, but this one weighs 7.9 kg (or 17.4 pounds), so it'll probably take the #1 spot. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Snakes

WEIRD WORLD Someone in Maryland tried to fight snakes in their house... ... and burned it down. The homeowner destroyed their house in an attempt to control a snake infestation, officials said. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pelican Escape

WEIRD WORLD A pelican escaped from an Irish ZOO and went 100 miles away - for the 0 2nd time. The great white pelican got spotted in Wexford - the exact place he went to when he escaped the Fota Wildlife Park in Cork in 2018. CRACKED.COM — Source: UPI

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Weed Shops

WEIRD WORLD San Francisco is helping its drug shops compete successfully against street dealers. The city is temporarily dropping its cannabis tax, so that dispensaries won't have to charge higher prices for weed than dealers. CRACKED.COM — Source

9

Breastfeeding Cat

WEIRD WORLD Apparently, a woman somehow breastfed a cat onboard an actual plane. That's according to a viral shot of a Delta pilot messaging system, which also says the woman was asked to stop but refused. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Laughter Ban

WEIRD WORLD North Korea banned laughing for 11 days, as a way to mark Dear Leader's death. Specifically, they marked the tenth anniversary of Kim Jong-Il's death - and laughing was entirely off-limits during that time. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Illegal Costume

WEIRD WORLD In Florida, a cop told a woman her Halloween costume was basically illegal. POLIZEI The costume looks like a building project she's against, and the cop apparently said that, if she wore it, that'd be protesting and she'd need a permit. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Polish Toy

WEIRD WORLD Wal-Mart pulled a toy that literally swore and sang about doing cocaine. Walmart Supercentre The toy spoke in Polish, which kind of helped hide what it was talking about. Anyway, you can (regrettably?) no longer buy it on Wal-Mart's website. CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Russia

WEIRD WORLD Russians are suddenly immigrating to the US via the Mexican border. And the trade is facilitated by middlemen who charge desperate immigrants big bucks. CRACKED.COM — Source

4

Mine-Sniffing Rat

WEIRD WORLD A mine-sniffing rat won a medal that's one of the highest animal honors in Britain. Magawa sniffed out 71 unexploded land mines in Cambodia, so he was the first rat that got the charity PDSA's gold medal in PDSA's 77 years. CRACKED.COM — Source: NPR

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West Virginia

WEIRD WORLD West Virginia is giving away guns in exchange for getting a COVID vaccine shot. The guns are prizes in a lottery, and other prizes include lifetime hunting and fishing licenses, custom-outfitted trucks, and getaways to state parks. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBS

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Coca-Cola

WEIRD WORLD A North Carolina county banned Coke machines just to get back at Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola x THE PALASE 2785 Coke the Faut Coke Fauts 3pends pibly Pibb WATER Coca-Cola was against a recent Georgia election law, so Surry County removed all Coke machines from government facilities in response. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hill

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Coffins

WEIRD WORLD People in Wellington, New Zealand, are starting to use really weird shapes for coffins. So far, those shapes have included a donut, a Lego block, a fire truck, and a chocolate bar. They're all made by one local company, and apparently they came into fashion over the last — Source: AP News

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