Check out these crazy but true stories from 2018 in no particular order of weirdness.
11. Kim Kardashian hires private firefighters
With the wildfires across California taking dozens of lives and hundreds of homes, celebrity Kim Kardashian and her husband Kanye West decided to hire private firefighters to defend their pricey abode.
Kardashian told Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show why she made this move. Who knew that was even an option?
12. US Mega Millions winner doesn’t claim the jackpot
Incredibly, the enormous $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot still hasn’t been claimed by its winner.
No one knows for sure who the winner is or why they aren’t coming forward, but it is worth noting that when a jackpot isn’t claimed, the funds return to their for use at the states’ discretion—education, roadworks, etc.
Is this an incredible act of good will?
13. Grand theft fajita
A Texas man faces 50 years in prison for buying and reselling up to $1.2 million-worth of fajitas.
To make matters worse, he didn’t even use his own money to buy the fajitas in the first place; the employee of a detention centre in San Benito stole county funds for his unique scheme.