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October 07, 2023

What do you do initially if you accidentally drive into a river and your car begins to sink? According to some people, the answer is: take a sulfide. More on that, as well as 30 other crazy stories that made our heads hurt below…

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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 The government wants to tax bribe money and stolen goods, too. No, really - the IRS recently stated that you have to report any bribes you got, or anything you stole, as income. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Because of the pandemic, you basically can't renounce US citizenship. EMBASSY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA US citizens living abroad have to do a 1-on-1 interview to renounce it, and those are suspended because of the pandemic, so thousands of people who want to give up their citizenship are stuck with it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Didn't even know you could 'leave' the yakuza

WEIRD WORLD Former yakuza members have a tough life: they basically can't find work. And that's even with police support - for example, in the 2010-2020 period, only 3.5% of people who left the yakuza ended up getting work. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Texas (of course), someone was driving with a lit BBQ pit. That's according to Texas law enforcement, who say the suspect was DUI, had cocaine on him, and had a burning BBQ pit in the back of his truck. CRACKED.COM — Source

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An Easy Way to Go From a 3 to a 4

WEIRD WORLD We've found out that masks actually make you look hotter. That's the conclusion of a study carried out by Cardiff University researchers - and apparently, the effect holds for both men and women. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Canada, a woman took a selfie on top of her car as it sank into a river. Apparently, she'd been trying to drive across the frozen river, and it didn't work out t - so she snapped a selfie before the car fell through the ice. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A woman from Michigan WEIRD WORLD found an actual cash bonanza in her spam 2 3 4 D 8 folder. 10 11 12 13 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 27 28 22 23 25 26 Apparently, she'd won a lottery jackpot - and she wouldn't have known it if she hadn't 27 28 35 22 29 30 31 33 34 3 6 35 29 30 37 38 39 40 checked her spam. 22 41 42 36 37 44 45 46 47 48 49 4 3 4 5 6 11 CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Canberra, Australia, a woman tried to claim she was a sovereign state. As you might expect, she did that to try and get an exemption from public health orders - and, as you also might expect, the court completely disregarded it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In England, an estate is being sold with the warning that Prince Charles might drop in. Charles sold it to the current owners with the condition that he can come fishing there (with 24-hour notice), and that condition still applies. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A small penis march, aimed at combating stigma, was held in Los Angeles. Dozens of people marched in the Small Dong March organized by two YouTubers who encouragingly suggest to own that truth. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In The Bronx, a woman jumped into the zoo's lion enclosure and danced. That wasn't even the weirdest part: she also tossed money at a lion. No word on where the lion spent it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Facebook had to officially tell Los Angeles that they should stop spying. The LAPD kept creating fake accounts just so they could spy on people, so Facebook had to step in and tell them to stop. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD If you want to visit North Korea, make sure you don't wear a leather coat. Leather coats are now banned there, and it's just a vanity thing - Dear Leader doesn't want anyone copying his super-cool style. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Illegal Shipping

WEIRD WORLD One recycling company sent things like dog poop and used diapers to China. Slip ULTRA Slip ULTRA Mit After it was discovered that they'd illegally shipped 1,300 tons of household waste, they got a hefty fine. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD They made sure the T-Rex at London's Natural History Museum stays warm. The T-Rex got a big Christmas jumper, that somehow looks both strangely adorable and utterly ridiculous. CRACKED.COM — Source

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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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WEIRD WORLD The Swedish tourist board is basing a tourist campaign on IKEA products. IKEA IKEA products are named after places in Sweden - for example, the Bolmen toilet brush is named after one tree-lined lake -- and the tourist board invites people to Discover the Originals. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Toyota is now going to treat being able to unlock your car as a subscription service. Specifically, you'll have to pay $8 a month if you want to keep being able to unlock your car remotely. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A superintendent of the New York's MTA drives around with a blow-up doll. Specifically, he keeps it in the front seat -he says it's just to keep him company, but apparently it's a way to get around a specific law. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD An African tortoise walking down a Pennsylvania road led to 911 calls. Apparently, people were afraid the large turtle moving right down the middle of the road could be a snapping turtle. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD El Salvador is going to get a volcano-powered Bitcoin City, apparently. The country's president promised at a gathering of bitcoin enthusiasts, which really speaks for itself. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Re-gifting

WEIRD WORLD In New Hampshire, two brothers have been taking re-gifting to a new level. CITRON MADAGASCAR QUATRES EPICES BRÉSIL THYM EQUATEUR ORANGE CABOSSE THE EARL GREY THYM ORANGE VENEZUELA There's a single box of candy that they've been re-gifting each other for the last 34 years, for Christmas. 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 McDonald's tried to build a drive-thru at an ancient Roman monument. The monument was the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, a heritage site, and the authorities (mercifully) refused permission. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD One British mom found her morning cereal full of crystal meth. Just before she tried to give the cereal to her kids, she saw that there was a small plastic pouch with white crystals in the box - and it turned out to be, уер, meth. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD One COVID patient hid Ivermectin in a stuffed animal in a hospital, it turns out. Staff at the Windsor, Ontario hospital found the ivermectin behind a slit in the stuffed animal (belonging to an adult patient, as it happens). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cats

WEIRD WORLD After somehow being donated to a thrift store, a cat found its way back. When they were moving out, a Denver family donated a recliner to a thrift store, not realizing their cat was hiding inside. Thankfully, the cat was discovered at the store and reunited with the family. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD FedEx sees the need for anti-missile lasers on its cargo jets. FredEx Express They want to put a missile defense system that directs infrared laser energy toward an incoming missile, in an effort to interrupt the missile's tracking of the aircraft's heat. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A boy selling air fresheners in the UK got investigated by police. 9-year-old Donnan from the Greater Manchester area sold them for pocket money - which would have been fine, but for some reason, somebody from his school complained to the police. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Texas

WEIRD WORLD In Texas, a woman tried to purchase a child at a Walmart store. Apparently, the woman offered $250,000 for another shopper's child. Eventually, she got arrested and charged with the third-degree felony of the sale or purchase of a child. CRACKED.COM — Source

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