r/NewsOfTheWeird • • Feb 12 '25

All post about politics in this sub will be removed. Anyone that posts politics in this sub will be banned. No exceptions no appeals.

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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 7h ago

Article on The appeal of eating a loved one’s ashes

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theguardian.com
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Please don't do this, though. Your loved one can't become one with you through that as the ashes don't carry nutrients and the body would discard the ashes as poop, this is also cannibalism and may be illegal as there are laws on how you can treat a dead body in America.


r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 18h ago

Bear visits library, steals honey on Winnie-the-Pooh's 100th birthday

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upi.com
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 8h ago

Fatal gator attack

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clickorlando.com
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 2d ago

The President’s Dog Psychic. In Argentina, many people try to read the mind of the president. Celia Melamed read the mind of his dogs.

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nytimes.com
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 2d ago

Minnesota professor linked to series of bizarre incidents involving urine at university

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uk.news.yahoo.com
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 3d ago

Why the lonely in China are hiring 'temporary children'

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bbc.com
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 3d ago

Texas' 'wiener dog capital' unveils 19-foot steel dachshund sculpture

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chron.com
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This Central Texas city's newest landmark is 19 feet long, stands on four legs and is designed to make you stop and look.

A 19-foot-long, 10-foot-tall and five-foot-wide wiener dog sculpture was unveiled in Buda City Park on Saturday, according to a news release from the Buda Economic Development Corporation (EDC). The structure, built entirely of Cor-Ten steel, highlights the city's title as the "Wiener Dog Capital of Texas."


r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 3d ago

‘They love it’: Sheep hired to eat your poison ivy

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kgns.tv
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 4d ago

Man arrested at airport after allegedly smuggling birds in underwear: Investigators

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abc7ny.com
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 4d ago

San Diego Jury Awards $2 Million in Genital Herpes Transmission Case Involving Former Funko CEO

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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 5d ago

Men stopped for driving 'an actual couch' on North Carolina road

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upi.com
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 6d ago

Mom Refuses to Make Her Baby a Birthday Cake ‘Full of Sugar.’ So She Opted for One with Bone Marrow Frosting Instead

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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 7d ago

The UK street with a name so rude they’ve had to secure its sign with concrete

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metro.co.uk
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 8d ago

Dad Pays for His Son to Have $150K Leg-Lengthening Surgery to Gain 3 Inches in Height

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yahoo.com
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 8d ago

Canada's bizarre mummified toe cocktail

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bbc.com
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 8d ago

Pokémon VGC Champ Calls for Better Hygiene After Opponent's Smell…

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earlygame.com
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 9d ago

Repeated sightings of naked man frustrate Sherman Park residents

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tmj4.com
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 11d ago

Abandoned pet cemetery caretaker asks public to stop bringing dead animals: A truck driver became the unpaid caretaker of an abandoned pet cemetery next door. It's brought headaches ever since

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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 11d ago

N.J. man wins America’s largest Sasquatch calling competition

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nj.com
42 Upvotes

A New Jersey resident can now add Sasquatch-calling champion to the résumé. Michael O’Connor of Pompton Lakes took first place in the adult division of an annual Sasquatch-calling competition, giving New Jersey some serious Sasquatch-calling bragging rights. 🗣️


r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 11d ago

Flood relief packet dropped from air kills man in India's Bihar state

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timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 15d ago

Tokyo court grants legal protection to human voices in AI clone case

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abcnews.com
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 17d ago

Arizona frat suspended for allegedly forcing recruits to eat live goldfish - National | Globalnews.ca

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globalnews.ca
190 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 18d ago

Naked man rides electric scooter through Midwest City neighborhood

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kfor.com
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r/NewsOfTheWeird • • 20d ago

A museum taxidermy bear is helping scientists solve modern wildlife crimes

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bbc.com
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