Weird World: 12 Little Known Bizarro Events
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The recent past has been, to put it mildly, pretty wild. Although you may mull over your many memories, we thought we'd take a walk down memory lane and focus on everything that has made headlines in the previous year, even though they've left most of us squirming and feeling uneasy. So, as you're getting ready for whatever the universe has in store for us, let’s take a moment to look back at all of the strange and weird stories from previous years.
Furthermore, although anything from new regulations as well as climate variability to social gaffes and entertainment news cause controversy, a slew of other bizarre incidents from around the world might easily slip between the cracks, from bizarre murders to incredible creatures to peculiar science.
Now they've outlawed grass? Just because it's a purely aesthetic status symbol that's also bad for the environment? What’s next, fining us for having giant decorative smoke stacks?
![WEIRD WORLD Nevada is about to permanently ban any grass that's considered non-fuctional. Facing severe drought in the Las Vegas area, the state is trying to ban grass that they consider useless -- which is going to amount to about 31% of it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/5/781315.jpg)
Source: AP News
![WEIRD WORLD A 79-year-old nun pleaded guilty to stealing over $800,000 to gamble with. A former Los Angeles Catholic school principal, she faces up to 40 years in prison for embezzling $835,000 worth of donations and fees over 10 years. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/4/781314.jpg)
Source: USA Today
![WEIRD WORLD A mine-sniffing rat won a medal that's one of the highest animal honors in Britain. Magawa sniffed out 71 unexploded land mines in Cambodia, so he was the first rat that got the charity PDSA's gold medal in PDSA's 77 years. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/3/781313.jpg)
Source: NPR
![WEIRD WORLD An Albuquerque mayoral candidate's press conference got attacked by a sex toy drone. It became so distracting from the sound and everything I couldn't really get my point across, the candidate complained, accusing his rival of being behind it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/2/781312.jpg)
Source: abq.news
![WEIRD WORLD West Virginia is giving away guns in exchange for getting a COVID vaccine shot. The guns are prizes in a lottery, and other prizes include lifetime hunting and fishing licenses, custom-outfitted trucks, and getaways to state parks. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/0/781310.jpg)
Source: CBS
![WEIRD WORLD In Britain, they deemed a Noah's Ark replica unseaworthy and kept it from sailing away. It's a 230-foot-long ship that's been turned into a floating museum -- but Ipswich authorities said it has deficiencies, so it's not floating anywhere for now. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/1/781311.jpg)
Source: BBC
![WEIRD WORLD A British woman saved her twin sister from a crocodile by punching the croc in the face. (illustration) The sisters were swimming in Mexico, and when one of them suddenly got pulled away by a croc, the other one started hitting the animal. It worked. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/8/781308.jpg)
Source: BBC
![WEIRD WORLD A dangerous bobcat in Pennsylvania turned out to be an ordinary house cat. (illustration) A local high school was evacuated when surveillance video revealed a bobcat-- but after two hours, authorities just found a house cat that was missing. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/4/781304.jpg)
Source: 6ABC
![WEIRD WORLD Washington state is giving away joints to people who are getting vaccinated. The program is called Joints for Jabs, and it involves giving a blunt to adults who get their shot at an in-store vaccination clinic. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/6/781306.jpg)
Source: USA Today
![WEIRD WORLD A Border Collie lost in a car crash was found herding sheep on a sheep farm. The dog was thrown out of a car in a crash in Idaho, and they found him on a nearby sheep farm days later, healthy and herding the ship. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/9/781309.jpg)
Source: KHQ
![WEIRD WORLD A North Carolina county banned Coke machines just to get back at Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola x THE PALASE 2785 Coke the Faut Coke Fauts 3pends pibly Pibb WATER Coca-Cola was against a recent Georgia election law, so Surry County removed all Coke machines from government facilities in response. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/5/781305.jpg)
Source: The Hill
![WEIRD WORLD It was discovered that a Belgian law contains an asparagus gratin recipe. Apparently, somebody pasted the wrong text at one spot in the Moniteur Belge, a database of Belgian laws. It's absolutely astonishing, a criminal lawyer said. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/7/781307.jpg)
Source: TheBulletin.be