Here are the stories which are true but really odd...

January 1, 2022

'You've won your weight in oysters!' - note in shells stops thieves (reuters.com) 23:52


You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Get a Hamster Drunk (theatlantic.com) 23:49


Snow Closed the Highways. GPS Mapped a Harrowing Detour in the Sierra Nevada. (nytimes.com) 23:24


The Yoghurt Mafia | An unexpected prison culture (rnz.co.nz) 23:13


The weather is expected to be so cold for Saturday's National Hockey League's outdoor Winter Classic that the ice will have to be heated. (upi.com) 22:07


French car-burning returns for New Year's Eve (bbc.com) 20:47


Strained “at the limit of human possibility” during the Christmas season, veteran ham sniffer Manuel Vega Domínguez whiffs 800 ham loins a day. (thecounter.org) 20:43


New York Governor Declares Racism a ‘Public Health Emergency’ (timcast.com) 19:38


Cops: Defendant Faked Positive COVID-19 Test (thesmokinggun.com) 06:34


The governor of Missouri still doesn’t know how websites work (theverge.com) 06:27


Unusual phenomenon causes fish to rain from sky in Texas town (upi.com) 05:05


Space Colonists Will Likely Resort to Cannibalism, Scientist Says (futurism.com) 05:03


Betty White has Died at Age 99 :( (cnn.com) 00:55


Bank accidentally deposits $176 million into people’s accounts on Christmas Day (cnbc.com) 00:09