30 Super Strange Trivia Tidbits About The World

There's a reason why people say that reality is mysterious. The world may be a fairly fascinating place, with its impressive creations and natural curiosities. People and places can shock you in unexpected ways, just like when you think you've become too cynical and know it. Do you want to know how long it would take to travel to the moon? Or where a quarter of your body's bones are found?

The fact is the globe is full of fascinating, amusing, as well as interesting information, with roughly 190 countries worldwide and over 7.8 billion people (including vegetation, mammals, and other things). The biggest proportion of pet owners is mostly on the planet. Do you want to learn more about the planet and its ever-increasing population? Continue reading to discover some fascinating facts about the History of the Earth, today, and the future.

Isn't everyone against nasty killer robots? Unfortunately, the United States isn't (apparently). Want to know more about that as well as 29 more weird global facts? Keep scrolling!

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WEIRD WORLD The US is now officially against imposing any kind of ban on, uh, killer robots. adidas A US official asked the United Nations to adopt a non-binding code of conduct regarding the (apparently) burning question of banning literal killer robots. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Google is being sued for failing to live up to its classic Don't be evil motto. Specifically, two ex-Googlers are suing the company for breaching the Don't be evil clause in its contract. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A German court ruled that you can actually get into a workplace accident at home. One man walked from his bed to his desk, fell, and broke his back - and the court ruled that, indeed, this was a workplace accident. CRACKED.COM — Source

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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 — Source

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WEIRD WORLD North and South Korea have finally agreed in principle to end their war. It had been dragging on for 70 years without ever being formally ended, and now they've agreed to do just that - again, in principle. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD The city of Vancouver renamed a beach in honor of a barge that's been stuck there. The barge in question had stayed for over a month, so the city put up sign saying Barge Chilling Beach. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Rome's garbage workers will get a bonus for not taking any sick days. Between 22 November and 9 January, that is - the mayor wants the city to be totally clean, and this is intended to help. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A Vietnam war vet in his 70s found out he's a pop superstar's dad. 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 A guy found a frog in a box of lettuce and decided to keep it as a pet. Не named the frog Tony - Tony somehow turned up in a lettuce box from Whole Foods and, mercifully, his life was spared. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Israel banned a guy from traveling until the year 9999 (not a typo). Noam Huppert, an Australian living in Israel, got that ban because he has to pay his wife roughly $2 million in child support paments. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Minneapolis, robbers tried to hold up a bank with a vial of HIV. It's not really clear if there was HIV in the vial, and the FBI is investigating everything. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Taylor Swift got beat out by a bunch of birds on a Top 50 list. Apparently, an album of the sounds of endangered birds, called Songs of Disappearance, was #3 on Australia's chart of top 50 albums, beating out Taylor Swift. 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 A Louisiana Senate candidate has an ad in which he smokes marijuana. I hope this ad works to not only destigmatize the use of marijuana, but also forces a new conversation that creates the pathway to legalize this beneficial drug, and forgive those who were arrested due to outdated ideology, he said. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD The Mexican government seized 380,000 boxes of Kellogg's cereal. The reason? According to the government, cartoons on the boxes violate laws aimed at improving childrens' diets. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A dog's life was successfully saved by attaching a sausage to a drone. Police, firefighters and coast guard tried everything they could to rescue the jack russell-whippet cross from mud flats. Finally, they attached a sausage to a drone, and its delicious scent lured the dog back CRACKED.COM to safety. — Source

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WEIRD WORLD The UK's gambling regulation authority was criticized for trying to fight addiction. 9 6 A group of British Members of Parliament came out with a report that claimed the authority tough new stance risks the destruction of one of the world's best gambling industry's . CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A guy in India ordered a passport cover from Amazon, and got a passport with it. HRP REPUBLIC OF INDIA Amazingly, customer support just told him that it will not be repeated and we will instruct the seller to be very careful next time. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A judge in Singapore had to issue an arrest warrant for a sleeping teenager. Не faced charges including trespassing in the Singapore Zoo, but his parents couldn't wake him up for the trial, so the law had to get involved. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In what might be a first, an American is seeking asylum in the country of Belarus. Why? Не was part of the mob that stormed the capitol on January 6. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Police were in a comically, incredibly slow street chase in Indiana. PUR A guy stole a street sweeper, so cops chased him at a thrilling and cinematic 10-15 mph. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Canada is experiencing a truly dire shortage of maple syrup, it turns out. ...... CROWN MAPLE SYRUP RICHTASTE .... GRABE AMBER COLDE E PLACE ....... The government is stepping and is, uh, tapping into the country's strategic reserves (yes, literally) of maple syrup. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Japan is officially using a character named Professor Poo for public education. 0 1000 CR837111C * P * CR 83711 The, uh, disturbingly cute cartoon character is being used as a way to teach kids about paying taxes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Ghislaine Maxwell did something bone-chillingly terrifying in court. When the court artist sketched her, she looked right into his eyes and sketched him back. Truly, Nietzsche was right - surprisingly literally so. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A really lucky guy in WEIRD WORLD North Carolina bought two lottery tickets that were identical. 2 3 4 P 8 10 11 12 13 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 28 Не did it by accident, but it worked out 22 23 25 26 amazingly well for him-he won two 27 28 22 29 30 31 33 34 35 C 29 30 37 38 39 40 41 42 jackpots. 36 37 45 46 47 48 49 4 A 5 6 CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A top-ranking chess player was promised a night of passion with a porn star. A Russian porn star gave that promise to lan Nepomniachtchi, if he beat Magnus Carlsen and became world champion (which, alas, didn't happen). CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Iran might impose sanctions on the US over its treatment of Black people. BLACK LIVES BLACK MATTER 400YFRS OF SLAVERY AND STILL NO JUSTICE LIVES MATTER 42 Apparently, the Islamic Republic of Iran has serious concerns about police brutality against Black people in the United States. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A top British official who investigated lockdown parties held one of his own. Specifically, he was supposed to investigate lockdown parties being held in government ... ... and then it turned out they held one in his office. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD One mom in the UK hired the Grinch to come and mess up her house, but it backfired. The actor didn't just mess the kids' beds, have a pillow fight and put toilet roll around your Christmas tree, as advertised - he basically trashed her home. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In a Montreal school, staff stripped students all the way down to their underwear. AUF CUR It was a truly ridiculous attempt at searching them for vaping products. CRACKED.COM — Source

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