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Thanks to a glitch in Amazon’s return system, a San Jose woman spent a year buried under hundreds of unwanted faux-leather car seat covers, turning her porch into a discount auto-parts warehouse. Proof that even the internet’s greatest conveniences can gift you a front-row seat — literally — to retail absurdity.

In Japan, one “strange” hotel chain has replaced friendly front desk staff with robotic receptionists, holograms, and even dinosaur droids — because nothing says “welcome” like the cold, dead eyes of a T-Rex checking your ID. At this rate, the next Jurassic Park sequel might just be a travel documentary.

An Alabama convenience store was robbed by a man in a full Scooby-Doo costume, proving even cartoon canines can’t resist a life of crime. Police — and possibly The Mystery Machine — are still searching for the suspect.

In Des Moines, a rogue chicken was caught strutting outside a Buffalo Wild Wings, narrowly avoiding the ultimate case of fowl play. Whether she was protesting, auditioning as a mascot, or just craving honey BBQ, one thing’s certain — this was one spicy escape artist.

A Walmart shopper accidentally rang up 999 avocados for $1,300, then went full guac-zilla on staff before calling 911 on himself. In the end, he left the store not with a refund, but with handcuffs—proving Walmart’s rollback doesn’t apply to bail money.

In Beijing, young adults are paying $4–$7 a day to sit in fake offices and pretend to work, complete with staged rebellions and imaginary managers. It’s the ultimate roleplay for anyone who misses corporate drudgery — but still wants free Wi-Fi and unlimited drinks with their make-believe deadlines.

In Panama, a gang of bored teenage capuchin monkeys has taken up baby howler monkey kidnapping as a hobby, led by a troublemaker researchers call “Joker.” While the monkey elders seem unfazed, it’s safe to say human parents wouldn’t be so blasé if their teens started swiping baby sharks for fun.

In Norway, a man somehow slept through a 442-foot cargo ship crashing into his front yard, only waking when a neighbor rang the doorbell hours later. Forget white noise machines — this guy clearly drifts off to the soothing lullaby of maritime disasters.

A Greek woman used ChatGPT to read her husband’s coffee grounds, got a digital prediction of his future affair, and promptly filed for divorce. It’s proof that AI can now ruin marriages faster than you can say “double shot espresso.”

In Ohio, police busted a woman for drugs and discovered her pet raccoon, Chewy, casually holding a meth pipe like it was just another Tuesday. Now headed for raccoon rehab, Chewy’s probably wondering why the cops had to ruin his “crack-oon” street cred.

A British man accidentally paid $26,000 to buy back his own stolen car, complete with the same candy wrappers, pine needles, and sandwich bag it had when it was swiped. Now it’s in police custody as evidence, meaning he’s basically paying storage fees on his own bad luck.