12 Illuminating News Items We Gathered From Various Bustling NPCs Who Briefly Stopped Tending Their MacGuffin Crops To Spill Some Piping Hot Tea
![12 Illuminating News Items We Gathered From Various Bustling NPCs Who Briefly Stopped Tending Their MacGuffin Crops To Spill Some Piping Hot Tea](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/6/903456_320x180.jpg)
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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Tech billionaires battle it out in Vegas.
![CRACKED TWO TECH TITANS, ONE CAGE FIGHT: MUSK VS. ZUCKERBERG. Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, two of the world's most famous tech billionaires, have decided to settle their differences in a cage match in Las Vegas.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/7/902157.jpg)
Russian military: "Dolphins: the new bombs."
![CRACKED RUSSIA'S BACK IN THE DOLPHIN BUSINESS. In 2016, the Russian military wanted to buy five dolphins to bring back their old practice of using the smart sea creatures for military operations, like planting bombs on enemy ships.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/6/902156.jpg)
Russia: "Nazism?” Israel: "No."
![CRACKED RUSSIA, MEET ISRAEL: DON'T TELL US WHAT TO DO. Russia said that Israel was involved in the glorification of Nazism , and Israel told them not to lecture them.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/3/902153.jpg)
Moms for Liberty: "Oops."
![CRACKED MOMS FOR LIBERTY APOLOGIZES FOR QUOTING HITLER IN THEIR NEWSLETTER. The Indiana chapter of Moms for Liberty said sorry for putting a quote from Adolf Hitler in their newsletter, Не alone, who OWNS the youth, GAINS the future, right under the masthead. Fran de MOMS for I IRERTY](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/4/902154.jpg)
Cheap thrills, indeed.
![CRACKED TOURIST SUBMARINE STEERED WITH A DECADE-OLD $30 GAME CONTROLLER. In 2022, a CBS Sunday Morning show showed that the tourist submarine Titan was being steered with a Logitech F710 wireless PC game controller from 2010 that cost $30.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/2/902152.jpg)
Cameron: Sub's gone, I guessed it.
![CRACKED CAMERON KNEW IT ALL ALONG: TITAN SUNK. James Cameron knew what had happened to the Titan before it was found. I felt in my bones what had happened. For the sub's electronics ... and its communication system ... and its tracking transponder to fail simultaneously - sub's gone.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/8/902148.jpg)
Holy exploitation.
![CRACKED TAQUERIA CHAIN USES FAKE PRIEST TO SCARE EMPLOYEES OUT OF ASKING FOR UNPAID WAGES. A taqueria chain in Northern California was caught forcing employees to confess their sins to a fake priest in order to scare them into retracting their requests for unpaid wages.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/0/902150.jpg)
Short-sighted?
![CRACKED A 21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM THE UK IS FACING TRIAL FOR 17 SEXUAL OFFENSES. It's alleged that, as a teen, Georgia Bilham tricked another teenage girl into having sex with her by pretending to be a boy. The girl was reportedly very shortsighted.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/5/902155.jpg)
Businesses: Now with voting rights.
![CRACKED LETTING BUSINESSES VOTE: BECAUSE DEMOCRACY ISN'T COMPLICATED ENOUGH ALREADY. In Delaware, there's a suggestion that businesses like LLCs, corporations, trusts, and partnerships should be allowed to vote in local elections.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/1/902151.jpg)
Eastman's desperate plea was denied.
![CRACKED EASTMAN'S ACCOUNTANT PLAN BACKFIRES. John Eastman, Trump's ex-lawyer, tried to get an accountant to testify in his disbarment case in California. The case was dismissed because the accountant wasn't an expert.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/7/902147.jpg)
71-year-old Indiana Jones cosplayer convicted.
![CRACKED 71-YEAR-OLD OREGON MAN CHANNELS INDIANA JONES, GETS CONVICTED. A 71-year-old Oregon man was convicted of attacking a federal officer and firing a gun in a violent crime. Не had set up an Indiana Jones-inspired booby trap at his old home.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/9/902149.jpg)
The Little Mermaid: No Joy, No Fun, No Kink.
![CRACKED WESLEY MORRIS FOUND DISNEY'S LITTLE MERMAID REMAKE LACKING IN KINK. Wesley Morris, a film critic for The New York Times, got a lot of criticism for his review of Disney's live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. Не complained the movie was lacking in things like joy, fun, mystery, risk, flavor ... and kink.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/6/902146.jpg)