13 Brain-Scrambling Bits Of Trivia Every Bit As Confounding As Gazing Upon The Horrible Visage Of The Dark Lord Cthulhu

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13 Brain-Scrambling Bits Of Trivia Every Bit As Confounding As Gazing Upon The Horrible Visage Of The Dark Lord Cthulhu

Ah, the strange and mysterious tales of our times! From fake money to frozen embryos, this list of stories has it all - and it might make you scratch your head in confusion. 

From two brothers in Girona, Spain, who tried to trick an Arab sheik into buying a fake Goya painting for €4 million, to a man in Hanover, Ontario who was too kind for his own good, to a WWE wanting to let you bet on the outcomes of their matches, to a Prime Minister of the UK who had the electricity network in his area upgraded so that he could get more power to heat his swimming pool, to Nicolas Cage saying he doesn't need to be in the Marvel Cinematic Universe because he's already a star, and to a businessman from Georgia whose body was found wrapped up in a rug in Baton Rouge, Louisiana - these stories all have one thing in common: they are all bizarre in their own unique way. So, without further ado, let us dive into this list of strange and mysterious tales and see what we can uncover!

Mystery of rug-wrapped body continues.

BUSINESSMAN FOUND WRAPPED UP IN A RUG IN LOUISIANA- MYSTERY UNSOLVED. CRACKED In February 2021, the body of Nathan Millard, a businessman from Georgia, was discovered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was wrapped up in a rug. The police don't think it was a crime, and they're still trying to figure out what happened.

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Blue-eye hiring: not a great idea.

KANSAS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER LEARNS THAT BLUE-EYE HIRING ISN'T A LAUGHING MATTER. CRACKED In 2022, a school board member in Kansas stirred up a lot of trouble when they made a joke about how blue eyes should be a key factor when hiring for the district. This... uh... didn't go down well with a lot of people in the area.

KA TV / AAO 

CEO speaks on derailment... before another.

NORFOLK SOUTHERN: DERAILING SINCE 2023. BK 151 MCP CRACKED On March 9, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train crashed off the tracks in Alabama a few hours before the CEO was due to speak to Congress about the derailment that had happened in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3rd and caused a toxic chemical spill.

NPC 

"Healthy" Lunchables. Sure.

KRAFT HEINZ BRINGING LUNCHABLES TO SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMS. Butterfingg CRACKED Kraft Heinz is now offering their Lunchables in school lunch programs this fall, as part of a government initiative to promote healthier eating. We can only hope that it lives up to the hype.

ABC 

Nicolas Cage: Already a star.

NICOLAS CAGE: TOO EMOTIONAL FOR SUPERMAN, TOO BIG FOR MARVEL. - CRACKED Nicolas Cage has said he doesn't need to be in the Marvel Cinematic Universe because he's already a star. Не also said that the Superman Lives movie he was supposed to be in would have been a more emotional version of the superhero.

AV Club 

Fooled by fake money.

TWO BROTHERS, ONE GOYA, ZERO LUCK. AL DE MERPO NACIONAL OF POLICIA CRACKED In December 2014, two brothers from Girona, Spain, tried to trick an Arab sheik into buying a fake Goya painting for €4 million. Unfortunately, they found out that the 1.7 million Swiss francs they had been given as payment were all fake.

El Pais  

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