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Weird World: 12 Utterly Baffling Events That Somehow Really Happened

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Weird World: 12 Utterly Baffling Events That Somehow Really Happened

January 16, 2022 Add Cracked to Google

If things truly are destined, we wish the overall plan would at least make some sense.

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Faith and Big Macs

WEIRD WORLD A Philly woman who's 106 years old credits her life to an all-American diet. Specifically, she says that it was faith and Big Macs that allowed her to live this long. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Google Maps was used to bust a former mafia boss in Spain. The Google Maps Street View camera snapped a pic of the fugitive Sicilian mafia boss at his new restaurant in Spain, and that helped the police finally nab him. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Texas (of course), someone was driving with a lit BBQ pit. That's according to Texas law enforcement, who say the suspect was DUI, had cocaine on him, and had a burning BBQ pit in the back of his truck. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD After somehow being donated to a thrift store, a cat found its way back. When they were moving out, a Denver family donated a recliner to a thrift store, not realizing their cat was hiding inside. Thankfully, the cat was discovered at the store and reunited with the family. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Apparently, serving in the Norwegian army is going to be extremely gross. Due to shortages, conscripts will have to hand in the underwear they used at the end of their service term, going forward. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD We've learned that medieval warhorses were way less awesome than we thought. Apparently, scientists say that, it turns out, warhorses at the time were no bigger than ponies today. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD France basically just gave car companies the middle finger. From now on, French car ads have to tell people that, instead of buying a car, they could just walk or bike to where they want to go. CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Lizards

WEIRD WORLD What we thought was a four-legged snake turned out to be a lizard. In 2015, researchers studied a fossil and concluded it was some kind of odd snake with four legs - but,but, in 2012, other researchers looked at the fossil and concluded that, nah, it was actually just a lizard. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Apparently, people are happy to get the job if that'll keep them in weed and liquor. At least, you could conclude that judging by what happened in Quebec - after restrictions on cannabis and liquor stores were announced, the number of first-dose vaccinations quadrupled. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Turns out, partying can get you stuck in a foreign country with no way home. C9-C23 C9-C2 Gru Kids That's what happened to a bunch of people who were filmed partying maskless on their flight to Cancun - their return flight got pulled, and other airlines didn't want to fly them out of Mexico. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD After three years, the city of Ontario failed to fire a woman over a protein bar. She allegedly stole the $2.99 protein bar in 2018 from a convenience store, so they fired her - and it took her three torturous years to get her job back. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Home Alone

WEIRD WORLD Apparently, the plot of Home Alone kind of happened in real life. In Arizona, parents left an 11-year-old at home for two weeks, and he didn't go to school in that time, according to sheriff's deputies. CRACKED.COM — Source

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