Bustin Jieber
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Bustin Jieber

Vegas has seen some wild nights, but this one didn’t need a tiger in the bathroom to make it memorable. A Justin Bieber look-alike fooled a nightclub into believing he was the real deal, racking up selfies, shopping sprees, and a $10K bar tab before his Hangover-style stunt ended with a lifetime ban.

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Road Rats
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Road Rats

Lab rats in Richmond have mastered driving tiny cars, proving once and for all that some rodents handle stress—and steering wheels—better than humans. Now if only scientists could teach them to deal with New York traffic without honking or throwing paws.

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Beware of the Googlerazzi
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Beware of the Googlerazzi

An Argentinian cop’s sunny afternoon turned into a full moon scandal when Google Street View captured his bare backside and beamed it to the world. Now $12,500 richer from a privacy lawsuit, he’s officially the only man to make money by putting his butt on the map.

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Concert Crasher
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Concert Crasher

A London bishop in a dressing gown shut down a church concert for making “a terrible racket” past 10 p.m., proving even holy houses have noise complaints. But the choir got the last hallelujah, leading the crowd in an a cappella “Dancing Queen” on the way to the pub — because when God closes a door, someone opens a bar.

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Spiked Spirits
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Spiked Spirits

A man in Shanghai took “knowledge is power” a little too literally and landed some PTO — minus the “P.” And speaking of vacation, if you suffer from PPTOSD, Pre-PTO Stress Disorder, Leevital may help.

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OOO
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OOO

Who’s ready for a little PTO?

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You’ve Got (Unwanted) Mail
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You’ve Got (Unwanted) Mail

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.

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Cyborg Salutations
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Cyborg Salutations

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.

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Canine Caper
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Canine Caper

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.

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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

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.

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Chaotic Checkout
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Chaotic Checkout

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.

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Wistful Workers
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Wistful Workers

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.

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Monkey Napping
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Monkey Napping

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.

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A Real Shipyard
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A Real Shipyard

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.

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ChatGPTarot Cards
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ChatGPTarot Cards

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.”

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High Momma
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High Momma

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.

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Dude, That’s My Car!
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Dude, That’s My Car!

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.

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Run, Mandroid! Run!
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Run, Mandroid! Run!

In Beijing’s first Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon, most robotic runners barely left the starting line, with only six finishing and the winner needing three battery swaps and a wipeout to get there. If this is the future of sports, humans can relax — our jobs as slow, sweaty runners are safe for at least another decade.

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Temptation Island
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Temptation Island

An American YouTuber risked five years in an Indian prison after illegally landing on North Sentinel Island and trying to befriend its famously hostile tribe with a whistle, a coconut, and a Diet Coke. Unfortunately, the tribe didn’t bite — but some local fishermen did, serving him up to the cops faster than you can say “Share a Coke and a snitch.”

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There's a Fungus Among Us
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There's a Fungus Among Us

A Chinese man landed in the hospital with a lung infection after repeatedly sniffing his own dirty socks, essentially turning his chest into a petri dish of foot funk. If his insurance makes him foot the bill, it might finally break him of his sole-crushing habit.

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