13 Trivia Tidbits That Make Us Feel Like Our Frontal Lobes Are Chewing 5 Gum

Ah, the modern world. A place where giant, destructive wild pigs from Canada are threatening the United States, miracle toes are growing back on the feet of people in the Ozarks, car thieves are foiled by their lack of stick-shift skills, and rap songs are getting censored in Wisconsin schools. 

It’s a place where asteroids are coming closer to Earth than the Moon, taxes can be made fun with anime dates, and Monopoly cards are being used as a get-out-of-jail-free cards. 

It’s a place where an alligator is tapping on doors and biting people in Florida, and a principal is resigning over a sculpture of David by Michelangelo. 

Welcome to the modern world. It’s a strange place, but it’s our home. And if you think you’ve seen it all, think again. Here’s a list of 13 of the weirdest things to happen in the modern world in, oh, the last few weeks or thereabouts... enjoy.