12 Baffling Bits Of News From Communities Around The World

This is what it means to be a *real* Mario Kart fan.
12 Baffling Bits Of News From Communities Around The World
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You might have thought you're really into Mario Kart, but have you ever tried to race karts on an actual road? No? Well, there’s a couple of British guys doing it. Here are the full details on that and 11 other totally weird things happening right now:

The Weird-Shaped Coffins in New Zealand

WEIRD WORLD People in Wellington, New Zealand, are starting to use really weird shapes for coffins. So far, those shapes have included a donut, a Lego block, a fire truck, and a chocolate bar. They're all made by one local company, and apparently they came into fashion over the last

Source: AP News

WEIRD WORLD Politicians in Peru are courting the otaku vote. One parliamentary candidate said I have been otaku all my life, but I found a very similar theoretical framework between politics and anime. He's just one of the politicians who are dressing up as anime characters and going into communities

Source: EFE

The New Jersey Deli Worth $100 Million

WEIRD WORLD Apparently, a New Jersey deli is worth $100 million. enen DELI 856067-5330 The deli is owned by the company Hometown International, which owns nothing elsec-and, somehow, its stock is trading at a price that corresponds to a valuation of $100 million.

Taiwanese Marriages

WEIRD WORLD A man in Taiwan remarried his wife three times to get time off. The bank where he works gives eight days off with pay for a wedding, so he married her four times and divorced three times, over and over, to get free vacations. The bank only approved

Source: Yahoo

California

WEIRD WORLD In Placerville, CA, people protested about having the noose removed from the city's logo. ERT E Free The noose is a reference to the hanging of three people convicted for robbery and murder during the gold rush, which gave the city the nickname Hangtown. Today, having a noose

Source: KCRA

The Taliban and Celtic Football Club

WEIRD WORLD The Taliban in Herat, Afghanistan, are big fans of Glasgow's Celtic Football Club. That's the report of filmmaker Jamie Doran, who got asked about the next manager of Celtic FC by the Taliban when they saw the Celtic top he was wearing.

Source: BelfastMedia

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