12 Illuminating News Items We Gathered From Various Bustling NPCs Who Briefly Stopped Tending Their MacGuffin Crops To Spill Some Piping Hot Tea

Welcome to the wild, wacky, and sometimes downright unbelievable world of 2023. It's been an eventful year so far, with some of the strangest news stories we've seen in a long time From cow thieves wheelbarrowing their loot to seagull kneelers and porn viewers, this year has been full of surprises. But perhaps the strangest of all is that the Russian military is training dolphins for combat in Ukraine. Who would have thought? 

But that's just the tip of the iceberg. In this list, we've rounded up some of the craziest stories from the past year. From a Florida man trying to sell an alligator on Facebook Marketplace to a guy in India having a wedding with a female cobra, these are the stories that will make you shake your head in disbelief. So buckle up and get ready for a wild ride - you won't believe what happened in 2023.

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