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Weird World: 12 Odd Events We'd Never Have Expected

The only constant in the universe is surprise.

Weird World: 12 Odd Events We'd Never Have Expected

January 02, 2022

The world has no shortage of bonkers events that went under the radar. Like, say, any of these 12:

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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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WEIRD WORLD A female Nigerian soldier got arrested for accepting a marriage proposal. Apparently, this was an instance of indulging in romance while in uniform, which breached the Nigerian military's code of conduct, according to an army spokesman. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Spain, drug dealers tried to raffle off a Christmas basket for their clients. The basket included cocaine, alcohol, marijuana, and some cured ham- but this attempt to provide their customers outstanding service was foiled by the police. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Louisiana, they arrested a guy for fraudulently getting his diaper changed. Specifically, he posed as a special needs person, and conned someone into changing his diaper - so he got arrested for it, and this was the second time it happened. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Effigies of Santa Claus were burned in India on Christmas Eve. The people doing the burning claimed that Santa is part of an insidious Christian missionary plot designed to convert Indians to Christianity. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A guy found a frog in a box of lettuce and decided to keep it as a pet. Не named the frog Tony - Tony somehow turned up in a lettuce box from Whole Foods and, mercifully, his life was spared. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Canada, a guy called 911 because the cops seized his car, apparently. After he got stranded in Princeton (Canada, not NJ), he called 911 to report the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for seizing his ride. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD After a parakeet breeding plan went wrong, parakeets crowded an animal shelter. A guy left some parakeets at the shelter in Michigan - he said he'd drop off a few, but there were 497 parakeets. Apparently, his son wanted to breed just a few of them, but had no idea how quickly birds would breed. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD One woman bit another one during a fight about disciplining their dogs. This happened in Germany, and their dogs were apparently just standing nearby and calmly looked on at the two, according to the police. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In China, McDonald's is trying out putting exercise bikes in its stores. 50 F.B B Apparently, these are going to be stationary bike seats that, presumably, will help combat people's guilt for eating fast food-they said that's the aim, anyway. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A guy in England took his family to a Christmas dinner at an Indian restaurant. Which wouldn't be news ... but he apparently complained that the restaurant didn't serve traditional Christmas fare. What an absolute farce of a restaurant - Xmas Dinner ruined for our children he CRACKED.COM posted in a review. — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Apparently, NASA is talking to theologians about sentient aliens. Specifically, NASA is interested in what religion has to say about aliens if, indeed, any are found, and it's gathered 24 theologians in a project to explore that very question. CRACKED.COM — Source

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