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31 Strange Facts About the World

Sometimes, life is just straight-up weird.

31 Strange Facts About the World

October 30, 2023

There are some strange things about our world that most people don’t know about. For example, did you know that there are more cars on earth than registered drivers? Or that there is a place in the United States where it rains upwards?

More on both of those things and a bunch of other strangeness below…

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WEIRD WORLD A pro-LGBTQ politician in the Philippines said he was against gay marriage. IF'S just rate LE AT y LOVE ers His exact words, translated into English, were I will support same-sex marriage once men can get pregnant and give birth. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In California, they're trying to fight crows with actual laser beams. Crows have been plaguing Sunnyvale, CA, for a while, so the city plans to try and scare them off with green lasers. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In New Jersey, a very honest patron returned a book after 42 long years. The book was Paddington Abroad by Michael Bond, and the library said in a Facebook post that it's a Good thing we're fine free. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Maryland, a lawmaker who's also a surgeon tried to combine those jobs. Terri Hill showed up in virtual legislative meetings while literally in the middle of surgery - and got fined a total of $15,000 for it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A guy in Indiana got strange powers thanks to a horrible, freakish incident. X-X I Y-Y Y2-Y x2 -X After a head injury from a violent attack, he became kind of a math genius - and even found a home thanks to his gift. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Syracuse, a deer smashed through the window of a business called iSmash. It's a place where you can, well, smash things for fun, and the deer got in on the action. Nobody, human or animal, was harmed. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD There's a corona monument in Belgium, but you can't go to the unveiling. Nobody can, and it's purely because of corona restrictions. We'll have to wait until the pandemic is over to see a monument to the pandemic, we guess. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Soul Train Record

WEIRD WORLD There's a new world record for a soul train line, and it's a total of 536 people. Black Entertainment Network organized the line in question, in New York City. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Apparently, we've created tiny Pac-Man robots that will destroy the Earth. The little Pac-Man replicas are autonomous living robots that, it turns out, have learned how to reproduce. Anyway, here's hoping there's no lab leak. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Snakes

WEIRD WORLD Someone in Maryland tried to fight snakes in their house... ... and burned it down. The homeowner destroyed their house in an attempt to control a snake infestation, officials said. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Prince Andrew

WEIRD WORLD Prince Andrew's ex-wife says that nobody ever got persecuted as bad as her. Specifically, Sarah Ferguson said she was maybe the most persecuted woman in the history of the royal family. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Squid Game

WEIRD WORLD South Dakota teachers played a ridiculous, Squid Game-type game. They had to scramble to grab dollar bills, which would go towards funding their classrooms. The game's sponsor apologized afterwards. CRACKED.COM — Source

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(Very) Underage Driving

WEIRD WORLD A five-year-old caught driving had the most adorable explanation for doing that. Не told cops that he was just out trying to buy a present for his sister, apparently. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Reindeer in British Columbia are fiercely attacking poor old Rudolph. Specifically, it's a decoration of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Fort Nelson, BC - the young bucks nearby keep beating the crap out of it, over and over. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Beanie Baby Crisis

WEIRD WORLD There are now emergency airlifts of Beanie Babies to the US taking place. Because global supply lines are jammed, Beanie Babies are being flown on cargo planes from China in time for the holiday season. CRACKED.COM — Source

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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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North Carolina

WEIRD WORLD In North Carolina, a deer broke into a county courthouse, but deputies saved the day. The deer was let go with a stern warning, according to North Carolina authorities. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A South Korean actually defected to North Korea. That's extremely rare, of course, and the South Korean military carried out a search - but they weren't successful. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD An entire Spanish town has come together to hunt Galician Rambo. They think an infamous convicted murderer, who's a skilled survivalist, is living in the nearby woods, so they've gotten together to track him down. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A British store made its sausages only available to people over 18. It was a truly dumb mix-up - they mistakenly listed saucisson sec as secateurs, which was a bladed item, and people who wanted to buy it had to prove they were of age. CRACKED.COM — Source

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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 The Taliban are cracking down hard on members committing abuses. 3,000 members of the Taliban got kicked out - - they were accused of committing abuses in Afghanistan and, according to a Taliban official, They were giving a bad name to the Islamic Emirate. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A Japanese firefighter took a pay cut because of his YouTube channel. It was a gaming channel, and he'd made thousands of dollars in profit from ads -- so the authorities docked his pay by 10%, because he'd profited from ads, some of which could be inappropriate in nature, CRACKED.COM said a city official. — Source

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WEIRD WORLD One Chinese couple had gotten trapped on a lockdown date, but it worked out. They had a date in mid-December that was supposed to last one day - but then a sudden lockdown was announced, so they stayed together. Eventually, they got engaged. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Apparently, Prince Andrew was very particular about his teddy bears. That's what former royal cop Paul Page says - the maids had to put all 50-60 of his bears back in just the right way, or he'd scream, says Page. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Boys Will Be Boys

WEIRD WORLD In Minnesota, police were called to break up an eagle fight on the street. Two bald eagles were somehow stuck together on a road, probably fighting over territory, and a cop was called in to separate them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Kansas City, one guy robbed a store and took nothing but $100 of toilet paper. After his card was declined, he tried to leave with a cart full of toilet paper anyway and pulled a gun on an employee who tried to stop him. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In a Pittsburgh courthouse, a lawyer suddenly dropped his pants. It wasn't exhibitionism or anything: his suspenders were setting off the metal detector, so he took off his pants so he could go through. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In India, a thief went on a three-month diet just so he could commit a burglary. Не knew he couldn't get into his old employer's house unless he slimmed down enough to fit through a ventilator, so he did that. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dollar Tree

WEIRD WORLD Dollar Tree isn't going to price everything at just one dollar any longer. DOLLAR TREE Everything's $1.00 Instead, most things are now going to be $1.25. Perhaps disappointingly, it's not changing its name to Dollar-and-a-quarter Tree. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In an Omaha bakery, a customer left a tip of $2,000 (on a $5 purchase). I was like, 'That's wrong, you put too much of a tip in there.' And he goes, 'If you don't hit OK, I'm going to reach around and hit OK, bakery employee Preston Rath said. CRACKED.COM — Source

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