Weird But True

Weird but true

It’s for the rest of us.

After two decades, the traditional Deerfield Beach, Fla., Christmas display of Mary, Joseph and child is getting some company: a Festivus Pole made of glistening beer cans.

Celebrating Festivus — that made-up holiday of “Seinfeld” fame — was the idea of blogger Chaz Stevens, who got city permission to install his 23 stacked Pabst Blue Ribbon cans.

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The children of the California couple that wrote the book “Raising a G-Rated Family in an X-rated World” have made waves with fellow teens for promoting old-school values.

The Hatch kids of South Pasadena started getting harassed when McKay Hatch, 14, started his No Cussing Club back in 2009, but that hasn’t stopped his sister, Saige, 15, from launching a Modesty Club.

Tired of seeing too much of her classmates’ skin, Saige hopes her club inspires people to cover up.

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A supermarket worker in Roswell, NM, the town famous for alleged alien encounters, uncovered a surprise while unpacking a case of frozen ribs: a handgun and ammunition.

No one knows how or when the weapon was placed in with the meat.

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It’s a small world after all.

Cottage Grove, Minn., resident Chris Burd, 27, discovered last year that the Santa Claus he visited at a Minnesota mall as a child in 1998 was the father of the woman he married.

The coincidence came to light when someone dug up the picture of Burd’s childhood visit to Santa.

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If a tree falls without a permit in Texas, who pays the penalty?

An Austin property owner faces hefty fines for clearing dozens of dead trees from his property without city permission — even though he was doing so to prevent a fire hazard.

Charles Attal must plant new trees or pay up to $2,000 per sapling.