24 Weird News Stories That Didn't Receive Half The Attention They Deserved
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In these days of 24-hour news cycles and the constant demand for content, it's no wonder that some stories read more like fiction than fact. With reporters under pressure to deliver the latest scoop, accuracy is often sacrificed in favor of speed. As a result, readers are left to sort through a maze of competing claims and conflicting reports, trying to separate the wheat from the chaff. And given the amount of information that is now available at our fingertips, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and story fatigued. So next time you find yourself reaching for the latest news headline, ask yourself: is this story worth your time? If not, there are plenty of other things in the world worth your attention.
There are some weird news stories that, for whatever reason, don't receive half the attention they deserve. For example, a Colorado family found a dead fish inside their toilet. Or a Florida man who was mistaken for Bigfoot and beaten up by hunters. These stories are strange and quirky, but they're also funny and interesting. So why don't we hear more about them? Probably because the mainstream media is more interested in covering celebrity gossip or political scandals. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't check out these wacky news stories yourself. They're definitely worth reading!
![WEIRD WORLD New Zealand police busted guys trying to smuggle KFC into Auckland. KFC sogood The city of Auckland's lockdown prohibits takeaway food, and cops caught a car with a trunk full of KFC (and $100,000 in cash) at the city border. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/4/828884.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD The Vice President of Suriname became the oldest soccer player in history. Specifically, the oldest player in an international club soccer game, at 60 - he played in a game for Inter Moengotapoe, which he also owns. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/2/828882.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD The first ever statue of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto went up, in Budapest. Nobody knows who Satoshi Nakamoto exactly was or is, so the bust is just a hooded figure. They put it next to a statue of Steve Jobs. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/3/828883.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD An Irish guy caught with a ton of drugs gave the dumbest defense ever. Не was caught at a secluded spot with €58,000 worth of drugs, and claimed that he was scouting a field to go dazzling rabbits. The judge didn't buy it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/1/828881.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD A group of 13 wild boars were spotted roaming the suburbs of Rome, Italy. Rome's mayoral elections are coming up, so this moved discussions of the supposed state of decay of The Eternal City to the forefront. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/0/828880.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD In Boston, students rode a party bus with a stripper pole on a field trip. WELCOME 10 THE illustration The bus also had neon lights, just to complete the effect. It happened as the result of a national bus driver shortage -- the school had to make do. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/9/828879.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD A Michigan family used the back of a missing gravestone to make fudge. It was missing for 150 years, and turned up in the house of a woman who'd gone to a nursing home. Nobody in the family knew how they got it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/8/828878.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD Australian authorities might try to control the carp population with herpes. Carp are overrunning the Murray-Darling Basin, but they're susceptible to a particular herpesvirus that doesn't affect other species. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/7/828877.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD A utility regulators' Zoom meeting in Louisiana was interrupted by porn. Trolls joined the meeting and started running explicit porn just before it started, so it had to pause while staffers kicked them out. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/6/828876.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD A New York woman claims her gynecologist is also her biological father. KIMIYA She sued him, claiming he used his sperm to impregnate his patients (including her own mother, who got fertility treatments from him). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/5/828875.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD Taliban fighters are restless and unhappy now they've taken over Kabul. Commander Abdulrahman Nifiz said that, when his men came to Kabul, they didn't feel comfortable. There isn't any fighting here anymore. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/4/828874.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD The French are rushing to get vaccinated now that it's required for going to cafes. N D COFFEE SION espresso Latte After it was recently announced that a health pass would be mandatory for visits to cafes, bars, and malls, a record 926,000 people booked a vaccine shot. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/3/828873.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD Dealers are now selling ethically sourced cocaine to discerning British consumers. 015 Abroad: +44 (O) 1273 5 0.20 2 21 a ervice: ٢٥ WIT TRANSFERABLE People at upscale dinner parties increasingly want woke coke, which they're happy to pay more for - - but, of course, what they're getting is fake. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/2/828872.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD At one Burger King in Nebraska, the sign announced that all the employees quit. 24 BURGER KING & Restaurant HRS LISA LISA BURGER KING adidas (illustration) We had just got really tired of upper management, said general manager Rachael Flores, so she and at least another six employees all left. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/9/828869.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD Elon Musk's court testimony has been interrupted by a lawyer throwing up. That made the entire trial, which concerns Tesla's merger with SolarCity, pause for two hours while the area was cleaned of vomit. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/5/828865.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD It's now technically illegal to play Gangnam Style in gyms in Seoul, South Korea. E E Y In group exercises, anyway - it's to make sure people don't breathe too heavily. Any music with a bpm over 120 (like Gangnam Style, with its bpm of 132) isn't allowed. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/6/828866.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD In Moscow, you can wear your vaccination certificate QR code as a tattoo. You need the code on your phone to get into a bar, restaurant, or cafe - but now, a company is offering to give you a temporary tattoo of it instead. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/8/828868.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD A Michigan man found a total of 158 bowling balls stashed away under his house. 9900 S O 01109C2944 Не saw one poking out from under his back stairs, so he took it out and kept digging. A bunch of bowling balls was holding up the stairs, it turned out. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/2/828862.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD Finally, New York State made it legal to get a haircut or a shave on Sundays. Until very recently, having someone shave you or give you a haircut was a misdemeanor punishable by $5 to $25, and/or some jail time. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/7/828867.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD In New Jersey, a guy entered a couple's house and thoroughly cleaned every part. (illustration) Не was supposed to clean someone else's place, but showed up at the wrong house, found a key under the mat, and started cleaning. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/0/828870.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD A London library hired a guy in a rainbow monkey costume with a fake butt and dong. OF (illustration) Не did a performance designed to help get children interested in reading -- but people got pretty shocked and outraged, predictably. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/3/828863.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD The Tokyo Bay, where Olympic swimmers will compete, is amazingly polluted. Apparently, the Bay still has a strong smell, even though 22,000 cubic meters of sand have been dumped into it and anti-bacterial screens were placed. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/4/828864.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD A 19th-century hydroelectric plant started mining Bitcoin with its spare power. B 3 The Mechanicville, NY plant, built in 1897, can make more money doing that than selling the extra power to the National Grid. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/1/828861.jpg)
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![WEIRD WORLD They caught a missing cat at NYC's John F Kennedy International Airport. Lufthansa The cat escaped from a carrier before it could be loaded onto the plane, and then wandered the tarmac for the next three weeks. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/1/828871.jpg)
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