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Weird World: 12 Events That Prove God Has A Sense Of Humor

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Weird World: 12 Events That Prove God Has A Sense Of Humor

January 01, 2022

Truly, the world turns up weird, interesting events practically at every turn. Here are 12 of them:

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WEIRD WORLD In Hawaii, a surfer had her board bitten by a boar who was swimming. Surfer Ingrid Seiple was surfing in Hawaii and spotted what she thought was a Hawaiian monk seal - but it turned out to be boar instead. It started swimming towards her, and apparently bit her board. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A bakery in Pittsburgh made a delicious 7-foot monster named Frosty the Doughman. It's exactly what you might think - a 7-foot snowman, but made out of bread, not snow. Apparently, frosty weighs 200 or so pounds. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Guinness

WEIRD WORLD Two guys broke a Guinness World Record by walking up some stairs. Specifically, one of them was balanced on the other's head, and they made it up 100 stairs that way. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In New Hampshire, two brothers have been taking re-gifting to a new level. CITRON MADAGASCAR QUATRES EPICES BRÉSIL THYM EQUATEUR ORANGE CABOSSE THE EARL GREY THYM ORANGE VENEZUELA There's a single box of candy that they've been re-gifting each other for the last 34 years, for Christmas. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Maryland, a woman made $50,000 thanks to a vending machine mistake. (3) SEX 24 . 23 S 6 nd I A s 18 20 22 She bought a Deluxe Crossword, but meant to buy a scratch-off game - she said I don't even typically like the Crossword games, but this worked out well. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Zindy Laursen

WEIRD WORLD A Vietnam war vet in his 70s found out he's a pop superstar's dad. and US After a DNA search, it was confirmed that William Johnson is the father of Danish superstar Zindy Laursen. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD At Heinz Field, they ran out of ketchup in the middle of a game. HEINZ ESTP 1869 ESTV TOMATE, AÇÚCAR, VINAGRE, SAL, CEBOLA, AROMA NATURAL E SÓ. 67 VANISTIES The Pittsburgh Steelers played the Tennessee Titans, and eventually beat them - but in the meantime, the stadium ran out of ketchup, and people kept making jokes about it on Twitter. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A school in Tasmania tried to resolve a sexual abuse allegations with a ZOO pass. After a mother went to her daughter's school and stated that an older boy sexually abused her daughter, the school offered her a free one-year zoo pass. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD The Taliban made a boo-boo and accidentally funded their own opposition. Somehow, they wired hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Afghan embassy in Tajikistan - and the embassy doesn't want to give it back. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Apparently, China now has some major beef with, uh ... Lithuania. China has threatened to dump Lithuania into the garbage bin of history and is considering economic sanctions against it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A Change of Heart

WEIRD WORLD A billionaire in Utah left the LDS church and donated to an LGBTQ group. Specifically, he donated $600k - which is kind of chump change for him, but it's still pretty welcome, all things considered, especially since he stated the church is actively and currently doing harm in the world, including to LGBTQ people?AGKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Illinois, they put a convicted arsonist in charge of a fire department. PLATFORM 1 VIENSBURG There were high emotions and high drama at the meeting where that guy was made acting chief, apparently. CRACKED.COM — Source

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