Weird World: 12 Incredible Things We Thought Wouldn’t Happen, But Did
![Weird World: 12 Incredible Things We Thought Wouldn’t Happen, But Did](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/5/811875_320x180.jpg)
Yes, life is full of weirdness. But this stuff takes it to the next level. And the next level is our destination for you, because that's where you belong.
Not that you couldn't get there yourself but stopping in here and learning about the Excel World Championship (naturally sponsored by Microsoft), how a 48 year-old woman lived as her 22 year-old daughter and how Toyota wants to treat unlocking your car as a subscription service.
Sorry about that last one: it's ridiculous AND a bummer. But we bet you can get some (ahem) mileage out of it in conversation. Seriously, it's a natural: “Did you hear what Toyota wants to do? Start charging a subscription fee to unlock your car remotely." <Person leans in to make sure they heard that right before their head explodes.
We're sorry you blew that person's head off but whatever, they knew the risks - you're a fountain of head-blowing info because you read content like this.
![WEIRD WORLD South Dakota teachers played a ridiculous, Squid Game-type game. They had to scramble to grab dollar bills, which would go towards funding their classrooms. The game's sponsor apologized afterwards. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/7/811887.jpg)
![WEIRD WORLD The street in front of the Saudi embassy in Washington DC will get a trollish name. It'll be named Jamal Khashoggi Way - after the Saudi journalist who was detained in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, then tortured and murdered. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/4/811884.jpg)
![WEIRD WORLD An Australian real estate agency asked tenants to buy Xmas gifts for landlords. Somehow, they did this despite an earlier rise in rents - and the agency offered to facilitate these gifts (such as an AUD $99 hamper full of food). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/1/811881.jpg)
![WEIRD WORLD Toyota is now going to treat being able to unlock your car as a subscription service. Specifically, you'll have to pay $8 a month if you want to keep being able to unlock your car remotely. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/3/811883.jpg)
![WEIRD WORLD A 67-year-old man stopped in the middle of traffic to eat some chicken wings. Specifically, he stopped in an intersection - and he was somehow unaware that he'd been involved in a collision earlier. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/6/811886.jpg)
![WEIRD WORLD A 48-year-old woman lived as her 22-year-old daughter, a university student. She did that for two years, and held a job at a library and had boyfriends who seriously thought she was 22 years old. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/2/811882.jpg)
![WEIRD WORLD Iran might impose sanctions on the US over its treatment of Black people. BLACK LIVES BLACK MATTER 400YFRS OF SLAVERY AND STLL NO JUSTICE LIVES MATTER LA Apparently, the Islamic Republic of Iran has serious concerns about police brutality against Black people in the United States. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/9/811879.jpg)
![WEIRD WORLD Ukraine is officially shitposting memes on Twitter (against Russia). Russia is basically on the verge of war with Ukraine - and, in response, Ukraine is trolling them with memes on social media. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/5/811885.jpg)
![WEIRD WORLD A server in Arkansas was fired over a $4,400 tip given by a group of execs. They specifically gave the tip to her and another server who took care of them - but the boss told her she had to share. They took back the tip, and later gave it to her outside the restaurant - and she got fired. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/0/811880.jpg)
![WEIRD WORLD The Excel world championship has taken place (sponsored by Microsoft, of course). It involves truly fierce spreadsheet warriors duking it out, and it's going to be broadcast on ESPN3 and YouTube. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/6/811876.jpg)
![WEIRD WORLD The Pope is saying it's really not that bad to have sex outside of marriage. There are worse things you could do than bone with somebody you're not married with, Pope Francis thinks. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/8/811878.jpg)
![WEIRD WORLD A singer at a QAnon conference forgot the words to the National WWGTWGA WHERE Anthem. WE GO ONE ALL IND It was a conference at the Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, that gathered hundreds of QAnon members, too. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/7/811877.jpg)