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Duck Wearing Bow-Tie Walks Into Pub, Drinks Pint, Fights Dog, Loses (www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)

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Small City's Claim to Fame: the Mysterious Pickle Jar (www.newser.com)

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Naked inmate tried to jam sandwich into cellmate's mouth, then bit lieutenant, jailers say (katu.com)

submitted 9 hours ago by jordanlund@lemmy.world to c/weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan

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Florida man uses alligator to open can of beer (wcyb.com)

submitted 2 days ago by oleorun@real.lemmy.fan to c/weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan

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Man Sentenced to Four Months in Prison for Carrying a 6-Inch Master Sword in Public (www.ign.com)

submitted 3 days ago by oleorun@real.lemmy.fan to c/weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan

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AI-Powered Ammo Vending Machine Selling Bullets at Tuscaloosa Grocery Store (tuscaloosathread.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org to c/weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan

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Edit: Following up on this, the vending machine was removed due to lack of sales.

https://wcyb.com/news/nation-world/grocery-store-in-alabama-removes-ammo-vending-machine-ammunition-guns-weapons-firearms-tuscaloosa-american-rounds-pell-city-grant-majors-ceo-fresh-value-360-facial-recognition-security-measures

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She exposed how the nation's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail. (www.nbcnews.com)

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72-year-old Florida man arrested after admitting he shot a Walmart delivery drone (www.techspot.com)

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Delta flight diverts to New York after passengers are served spoiled food (www.ctvnews.ca)

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cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/globalnews@lemmy.zip/t/953332

A Delta flight from Detroit to Amsterdam was diverted to New York's Kennedy Airport on Wednesday after passengers were served spoiled food, airline officials said.

RFK Jr. denies eating a dog while sidestepping sexual assault allegations in Vanity Fair article (www.cnn.com)

submitted 4 days ago by oleorun@real.lemmy.fan to c/weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan

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I stayed at a North Korean summer camp. We polished statues and played a game where we destroyed the White House. (www.businessinsider.com)

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Not quite as weird/odd as I usually post, but it does have a hamster driving a tank, so there's that.

Authorities in Wisconsin respond to cheese-related throwing incident, police say it’s ‘un-brie-lievable’ (www.wearegreenbay.com)

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'Lab-grown' meat maker hosts Miami tasting party as Florida ban goes into effect (apnews.com)