In many ways, 2015 a good year for the world. There was scientific progress, environmental awareness, leaps forward in human rights, and other warm-and-fuzzy things. In other ways, however, 2015 was a year where the world became a weirder, darker, and more Kafkaesque place. Here are the 12 most WTF news stories of 2015 that will make you want to hide in a bunker, far away from the chaos of this strange earth.
1. This fish with human teeth that was caught in New Jersey.
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It turns out that it was an Amazonian fish that somehow ended up in New Jersey, but still, that doesn't explain why it exists in the first place.
2. This sculptor who makes statues out of dead bugs.
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What's even weirder is that he makes them for Japan's Children's Day Celebration.
3. This artist who got an ear surgically attached to his arm.
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He plans to add a microphone to it and stream the audio to the Internet because humanity is now becoming a David Cronenberg movie.
4. This guy who had an 11-pound turd stuck in his colon for 10 years.
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It turns out he had a "fecal tumor," which is a real thing, and now you can't unlearn that.
5. This CEO who has made preparations for the end of days.
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Overstock.com has "a 30-day supply of food and a distribution system to pay and feed employees in case the banking and payments systems collapse." Is he really crazy? Or will we all be at his mercy when the last octocycle is complete and Zorb has risen?
6. This scary-ass clown-for-hire in southwest Florida.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRJGZNrAgGYHis name is "Wrinkles," he's a divorcée from Rhode Island, and he's getting bookings through the roof.
7. This dude who cut off his ears to look like his pet parrot.
https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/654960063321247745?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwHis next plan is to have his nose operated on to look like a beak.
8. This town that rejected a solar farm because citizens were worried that it would "suck up all the energy from the sun."
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What's even scarier is that one of the critics of the farm is a retired science teacher.
9. This giant rat whose origins can't be traced.
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It could be from London. Or Germany. Nobody knows.
10. The Chinese government had to tell people to stop hiring strippers for their funerals.
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The strippers are meant to attract more mourners to funerals, and even though it's kind of weird, you gotta admit that it's effective.
11. "Rice Ball Babies" in Japan.
https://twitter.com/eharamasahiro/status/611338853455007744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://twitter.com/eharamasahiro/status/611419265455906817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://twitter.com/nekosuke_18/status/611869978753568768?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwIt's cute. A tad abusive, but cute.
12. This dude with a 19-inch penis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av7C23DBKXYIt's actually kind of a sad story, since, you know, he has to live with a 19-inch penis.
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