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data-cid="411259345" data-vid="_tIikeEENlRA"></div><div class="summaryBkgrd"></div><div class="summary"><h1><a title="Wyoming School Says No Guns for Grizzly Bears" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Wyoming-Schoool-Says-Guns-Not-For-Grizzly-Bears-411259345.html" name="&lpos=Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary&lid=Wyoming School Says No Guns for Grizzly Bears" data-lpos="Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary" data-lid="Wyoming School Says No Guns for Grizzly Bears">Wyoming School Says No Guns for Grizzly Bears</a></h1><h2><a title="Wyoming School Says No Guns for Grizzly Bears" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Wyoming-Schoool-Says-Guns-Not-For-Grizzly-Bears-411259345.html" name="&lpos=Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary&lid=Wyoming School Says No Guns for Grizzly Bears" data-lpos="Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary" data-lid="Wyoming School Says No Guns for Grizzly Bears">Grizzly bears near Wyoming schools got national attention after Donald Trump's education secretary nominee mentioned them in a Senate hearing this week. Betsy DeVos suggested teachers in Wapiti, Wyoming,...</a></h2></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> if ( navigator.userAgent.match(/like Mac OS X/i) ) { jQuery('#411259345-playButton').click(function() { tsCarousel.isAVideoPlaying = true; tsCarousel.defaultNavTriggersActive(false); var isDomReadyForVideo = tsCarousel.createVOD(); if(isDomReadyForVideo == true && nbcVideoPageUtils.adHocPlayerExists == false) { nbcVideoPageUtils.getVideoMetaData('411259345','carouselPlayeriOS',626,352,true) /*nbcVideoPageUtils.createAdHocPlayer('carouselMobile',626,352,'_tIikeEENlRA','carouselPlayeriOS', 'All (National)'); playercarouselMobile.bind('carouselPlayeriOS');*/ U.log("Player doesn't exist."); } else if(isDomReadyForVideo == true && nbcVideoPageUtils.adHocPlayerExists == true) { nbcVideoPageUtils.getVideoMetaData('411259345','carouselPlayeriOS',626,352,true) //nbcVideoPageUtils.getAdHocVideoMetaData('carousel',626,352,'411259345','carouselPlayeriOS','VODPlayer',true,'_tIikeEENlRA'); U.log("Player exists"); } }); } else { jQuery('#411259345-playButton').click(function() { tsCarousel.isAVideoPlaying = true; tsCarousel.defaultNavTriggersActive(false); var aRandomNum = Math.floor(Math.random()*1000); var aRandomNumAsString = aRandomNum.toString(); var targetDivName = 'VODPlayer'+aRandomNumAsString; var isDomReadyForVideo = tsCarousel.createVOD(targetDivName); if(isDomReadyForVideo == true) { nbcVideoPageUtils.getVideoMetaData('411259345',targetDivName,626,352,true); //nbcVideoPageUtils.getVideoMetaData(targetDivName,'411259345-_tIikeEENlRA-true-news_landing-TK-TK',626,352,'Wyoming School Says No Guns for Grizzly Bears','SectionLeadPlayer'); } return false; }); } </script><div id="410629425" class="storyhero2 static article"><a title="What Are the Odds? Mom, Dad, Son All Share a Birthday" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Mom-Dad-Son-All-Share-a-Birthday--410629425.html" name="&lpos=Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary&lid=What Are the Odds? Mom, Dad, Son All Share a Birthday" data-lpos="Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary" data-lid="What Are the Odds? Mom, Dad, Son All Share a Birthday"><img width="626" height="352" alt="What Are the Odds? Mom, Dad, Son All Share a Birthday" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842im_/http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/626*352/485215315-happy-birthday-candles-cake.jpg"/></a><div class="summaryBkgrd"></div><div class="summary"><h1><a title="What Are the Odds? Mom, Dad, Son All Share a Birthday" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Mom-Dad-Son-All-Share-a-Birthday--410629425.html" name="&lpos=Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary&lid=What Are the Odds? Mom, Dad, Son All Share a Birthday" data-lpos="Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary" data-lid="What Are the Odds? Mom, Dad, Son All Share a Birthday">What Are the Odds? Mom, Dad, Son All Share a...</a></h1><h2><a title="What Are the Odds? Mom, Dad, Son All Share a Birthday" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Mom-Dad-Son-All-Share-a-Birthday--410629425.html" name="&lpos=Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary&lid=What Are the Odds? Mom, Dad, Son All Share a Birthday" data-lpos="Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary" data-lid="What Are the Odds? Mom, Dad, Son All Share a Birthday">Luke and Hillary Gardner never have a problem remembering each other's birthday. After all, the husband and wife were born the same day. And so was their son, 27 years later this past December. The odds of...</a></h2></div></div><div id="410308015" class="storyhero3 static article"><a title="Cat Litter or Meth? Texan Says Deputies Couldn't Tell" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Houston-Area-Man-Says-Deputies-Mistook-Cat-Litter-for-Meth-410308015.html" name="&lpos=Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary&lid=Cat Litter or Meth? Texan Says Deputies Couldn't Tell" data-lpos="Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary" data-lid="Cat Litter or Meth? Texan Says Deputies Couldn't Tell"><img width="626" height="352" alt="Cat Litter or Meth? Texan Says Deputies Couldn't Tell" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842im_/http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/626*352/GettyImages-498298992.jpg"/></a><div class="summaryBkgrd"></div><div class="summary"><h1><a title="Cat Litter or Meth? Texan Says Deputies Couldn't Tell" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Houston-Area-Man-Says-Deputies-Mistook-Cat-Litter-for-Meth-410308015.html" name="&lpos=Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary&lid=Cat Litter or Meth? Texan Says Deputies Couldn't Tell" data-lpos="Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary" data-lid="Cat Litter or Meth? Texan Says Deputies Couldn't Tell">Cat Litter or Meth? Texan Says Deputies Could...</a></h1><h2><a title="Cat Litter or Meth? Texan Says Deputies Couldn't Tell" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Houston-Area-Man-Says-Deputies-Mistook-Cat-Litter-for-Meth-410308015.html" name="&lpos=Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary&lid=Cat Litter or Meth? Texan Says Deputies Couldn't Tell" data-lpos="Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary" data-lid="Cat Litter or Meth? Texan Says Deputies Couldn't Tell">A Houston-area man says sheriff's deputies conducted faulty field tests on cat litter they found in his vehicle, which they believed was methamphetamine. Ross Lebeau was charged with possession of a controlled...</a></h2></div></div><div id="410148505" class="storyhero4 static video_release"><a title="Community Embraces Goat Neighbors" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Community-Embraces-Goat-Neighbors_Dallas-Fort-Worth-410148505.html" name="&lpos=Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary&lid=Community Embraces Goat Neighbors" data-lpos="Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary" data-lid="Community Embraces Goat Neighbors"><img width="626" height="352" alt="Community Embraces Goat Neighbors" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842im_/http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/626*352/NC_goats0109_1920x1080.jpg"/></a><div id="410148505-playButton" class="playButtonLarge" data-cid="410148505" data-vid="9AJoaB_9rraH"></div><div class="summaryBkgrd"></div><div class="summary"><h1><a title="Community Embraces Goat Neighbors" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Community-Embraces-Goat-Neighbors_Dallas-Fort-Worth-410148505.html" name="&lpos=Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary&lid=Community Embraces Goat Neighbors" data-lpos="Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary" data-lid="Community Embraces Goat Neighbors">Community Embraces Goat Neighbors</a></h1><h2><a title="Community Embraces Goat Neighbors" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Community-Embraces-Goat-Neighbors_Dallas-Fort-Worth-410148505.html" name="&lpos=Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary&lid=Community Embraces Goat Neighbors" data-lpos="Top%20News%20Stories%20Hero%20Summary" data-lid="Community Embraces Goat Neighbors">A large herd of goats has become a popular fixture in one Florida community. Neighbors have been visiting and feeding the goats for years, but many had no idea how the animals ended up there.</a></h2></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> if ( navigator.userAgent.match(/like Mac OS X/i) ) { jQuery('#410148505-playButton').click(function() { tsCarousel.isAVideoPlaying = true; tsCarousel.defaultNavTriggersActive(false); var isDomReadyForVideo = tsCarousel.createVOD(); if(isDomReadyForVideo == true && nbcVideoPageUtils.adHocPlayerExists == false) { nbcVideoPageUtils.getVideoMetaData('410148505','carouselPlayeriOS',626,352,true) /*nbcVideoPageUtils.createAdHocPlayer('carouselMobile',626,352,'9AJoaB_9rraH','carouselPlayeriOS', 'All (National)'); playercarouselMobile.bind('carouselPlayeriOS');*/ U.log("Player doesn't exist."); } else if(isDomReadyForVideo == true && nbcVideoPageUtils.adHocPlayerExists == true) { nbcVideoPageUtils.getVideoMetaData('410148505','carouselPlayeriOS',626,352,true) //nbcVideoPageUtils.getAdHocVideoMetaData('carousel',626,352,'410148505','carouselPlayeriOS','VODPlayer',true,'9AJoaB_9rraH'); 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var targetDivName = 'VODPlayer'+aRandomNumAsString; var isDomReadyForVideo = tsCarousel.createVOD(targetDivName); if(isDomReadyForVideo == true) { nbcVideoPageUtils.getVideoMetaData('410028985',targetDivName,626,352,true); //nbcVideoPageUtils.getVideoMetaData(targetDivName,'410028985-tbzOqGR9jR4D-true-news_landing-TK-TK',626,352,'New York Subway Riders Ditch Pants','SectionLeadPlayer'); } return false; }); } </script></div><div id="carousel-story-selection"><ul class="carousel-stories"><li id="ts-story1" class="first"><div class="carrot"></div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Wyoming-Schoool-Says-Guns-Not-For-Grizzly-Bears-411259345.html" name="&lpos=Top%20News%20Stories%20Navigation&lid=Wyoming School Says No Guns for Grizzly Bears" data-lpos="Top%20News%20Stories%20Navigation" data-lid="Wyoming School Says No Guns for Grizzly Bears"><img width="116" height="65" alt="New York Subway Riders Ditch Pants" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842im_/http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/92*52/NC_devosbears0119_1500x845.jpg"/></a><h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Wyoming-Schoool-Says-Guns-Not-For-Grizzly-Bears-411259345.html" name="&lpos=Top%20News%20Stories%20Navigation&lid=Wyoming School Says No Guns for Grizzly Bears" data-lpos="Top%20News%20Stories%20Navigation" data-lid="Wyoming School Says No Guns for Grizzly Bears">Wyoming School Says No Guns for Grizzly Bears</a></h2></li><li id="ts-story2"><div class="carrot"></div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Mom-Dad-Son-All-Share-a-Birthday--410629425.html" name="&lpos=Top%20News%20Stories%20Navigation&lid=What Are the Odds? 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The commercial, posted... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/White-Bear-Mitsubishi-Bloopers-Go-Viral-409789205.html" title="Auto Dealer Commercial Bloopers Go Viral " class="more" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid=""></a></p></div></div><div class="post3 story weird article"><input type="hidden" class="featureCountentType" value="Article"/><div class="post_top_header_box"><div class="post_top_right_share"><h6 class="timestamp">Thursday, Jan 5, 2017 at 04:12 PM EST</h6></div></div><span class="encodedTitle" style="display:none;">Mandy Moore Reacts to 'Flattering and Terrifying' Shower Mosaic</span><h3 id="headline3" class="title generic"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/NYC-Mural-of-Mandy-Moore-Discovered-Inside-Queens-Apartment-Shower-409743535.html" title="Mandy Moore Reacts to 'Flattering and Terrifying' Shower Mosaic" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid="Mandy Moore Reacts to 'Flattering and Terrifying' Shower Mosaic">Mandy Moore Reacts to 'Flattering and Terrifying' Shower Mosaic</a></h3><div class="story_details"><span class="bordermask"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/NYC-Mural-of-Mandy-Moore-Discovered-Inside-Queens-Apartment-Shower-409743535.html" title="Mandy Moore Reacts to 'Flattering and Terrifying' Shower Mosaic" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid="Mandy Moore Reacts to 'Flattering and Terrifying' Shower Mosaic"><img style="margin-left:-4px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842im_/http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/341*192/GettyImages-629176044.jpg" alt="Mandy Moore Reacts to 'Flattering and Terrifying' Shower Mosaic"/></a></span><p class="summary"> A mural of Mandy Moore was said to be found inside an apartment shower in Queens — a piece of art that inspired the singer and actress to respond on Twitter. Roommates apparently discovered the life-sized,... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/NYC-Mural-of-Mandy-Moore-Discovered-Inside-Queens-Apartment-Shower-409743535.html" title="Mandy Moore Reacts to 'Flattering and Terrifying' Shower Mosaic" class="more" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid=""></a></p></div></div><div class="post4 story weird article"><input type="hidden" class="featureCountentType" value="Article"/><div class="post_top_header_box"><div class="post_top_right_share"><h6 class="timestamp">Wednesday, Jan 4, 2017 at 05:27 PM EST</h6></div></div><span class="encodedTitle" style="display:none;">Llama Runs Free on Roads Near Athens, Georgia</span><h3 id="headline4" class="title generic"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Llama-on-the-Loose-in-Georgia-409697495.html" title="Llama Runs Free on Roads Near Athens, Georgia" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid="Llama Runs Free on Roads Near Athens, Georgia">Llama Runs Free on Roads Near Athens, Georgia</a></h3><div class="story_details"><span class="bordermask"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Llama-on-the-Loose-in-Georgia-409697495.html" title="Llama Runs Free on Roads Near Athens, Georgia" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid="Llama Runs Free on Roads Near Athens, Georgia"><img style="margin-left:-4px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842im_/http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/341*192/llama-loose-athens-georgia.jpg" alt="Llama Runs Free on Roads Near Athens, Georgia"/></a></span><p class="summary"> A llama was on the lam in Georgia for a little while Wednesday afternoon, bringing out sheriff's deputies and, according to two witnesses, slowing traffic as onlookers gawked. The woolly scofflaw was seen in... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Llama-on-the-Loose-in-Georgia-409697495.html" title="Llama Runs Free on Roads Near Athens, Georgia" class="more" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid=""></a></p></div></div><div class="post5 story weird video_release"><input type="hidden" class="featureCountentType" value="Video Release"/><div class="post_top_header_box"><div class="post_top_right_share"><h6 class="timestamp">Wednesday, Jan 4, 2017 at 03:01 PM EST</h6></div></div><span class="encodedTitle" style="display:none;">Utah Woman Says Plane Dropped Feces on Her Home </span><h3 id="headline5" class="title generic"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Woman-Says-Plane-Dropped-Feces-on-Her-Home-Its-Disgusting-409649705.html" title="Utah Woman Says Plane Dropped Feces on Her Home " data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid="Utah Woman Says Plane Dropped Feces on Her Home ">Utah Woman Says Plane Dropped Feces on Her Home </a></h3><div class="story_details"><span class="bordermask"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Woman-Says-Plane-Dropped-Feces-on-Her-Home-Its-Disgusting-409649705.html" title="Utah Woman Says Plane Dropped Feces on Her Home " data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid="Utah Woman Says Plane Dropped Feces on Her Home "><span class="playButtonSmall"></span><img style="margin-left:-4px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842im_/http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/341*192/NC_planewaste0104_1920x1080.jpg" alt="Utah Woman Says Plane Dropped Feces on Her Home "/></a></span><p class="summary"> A Salt Lake City woman says a commercial plane dropped human waste on her car and home, and it isn't the first time this has happened. "At first I thought, 'Wow, some bird really took a dump on my car!" said... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Woman-Says-Plane-Dropped-Feces-on-Her-Home-Its-Disgusting-409649705.html" title="Utah Woman Says Plane Dropped Feces on Her Home " class="more" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid=""></a></p></div></div><div class="post6 story weird article"><input type="hidden" class="featureCountentType" value="Article"/><div class="post_top_header_box"><div class="post_top_right_share"><h6 class="timestamp">Wednesday, Jan 4, 2017 at 07:37 PM EST</h6></div></div><span class="encodedTitle" style="display:none;">Snake in a Toilet! Arlington Woman Makes Startling Discovery</span><h3 id="headline6" class="title generic"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Snake-in-a-Toilet-Woman-Makes-Startling-Discovery-Arlington-VA--409580445.html" title="Snake in a Toilet! 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A Virginia woman called Animal Control last week after she found a snake in a toilet in an Arlington County apartment. To... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Snake-in-a-Toilet-Woman-Makes-Startling-Discovery-Arlington-VA--409580445.html" title="Snake in a Toilet! 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Laura Spink posted a video from Peterborough on Monday showing an adept skater moving around with... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Roads-In-Canada-Turn-Into-Ice-Rinks_Dallas-Fort-Worth-408620275.html" title="Roads In Canada Turn Into Ice Rinks" class="more" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid=""></a></p></div></div><div class="post8 story weird article"><input type="hidden" class="featureCountentType" value="Article"/><div class="post_top_header_box"><div class="post_top_right_share"><h6 class="timestamp">Thursday, Dec 29, 2016 at 11:18 AM EST</h6></div></div><span class="encodedTitle" style="display:none;">Items Ooze Love, Loss at LA's Museum of Broken Relationships</span><h3 id="headline8" class="title generic"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Mundane-Items-Ooze-Love-Loss-at-Failed-Relationships-Museum-408597785.html" title="Items Ooze Love, Loss at LA's Museum of Broken Relationships" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid="Items Ooze Love, Loss at LA's Museum of Broken Relationships">Items Ooze Love, Loss at LA's Museum of Broken Relationships</a></h3><div class="story_details"><span class="bordermask"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Mundane-Items-Ooze-Love-Loss-at-Failed-Relationships-Museum-408597785.html" title="Items Ooze Love, Loss at LA's Museum of Broken Relationships" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid="Items Ooze Love, Loss at LA's Museum of Broken Relationships"><img style="margin-left:0px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842im_/http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/332*223/AP_16363740776906.jpg" alt="Items Ooze Love, Loss at LA's Museum of Broken Relationships"/></a></span><p class="summary"> After her husband asked for a divorce, Amber Clisura gave back her engagement ring, kicked him out of the house and tossed everything that reminded her of the ruined marriage. Except for one item: a polished... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Mundane-Items-Ooze-Love-Loss-at-Failed-Relationships-Museum-408597785.html" title="Items Ooze Love, Loss at LA's Museum of Broken Relationships" class="more" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid=""></a></p></div></div><div class="post9 story weird article"><input type="hidden" class="featureCountentType" value="Article"/><div class="post_top_header_box"><div class="post_top_right_share"><h6 class="timestamp">Wednesday, Dec 28, 2016 at 01:23 PM EST</h6></div></div><span class="encodedTitle" style="display:none;">The Crazy Year in Politics (Besides Trump and Clinton)</span><h3 id="headline9" class="title generic"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Crazy-Politics-2016-Carson-Bush-Ken-Bone-408519885.html" title="The Crazy Year in Politics (Besides Trump and Clinton)" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid="The Crazy Year in Politics (Besides Trump and Clinton)">The Crazy Year in Politics (Besides Trump and Clinton)</a></h3><div class="story_details"><span class="bordermask"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Crazy-Politics-2016-Carson-Bush-Ken-Bone-408519885.html" title="The Crazy Year in Politics (Besides Trump and Clinton)" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid="The Crazy Year in Politics (Besides Trump and Clinton)"><img style="margin-left:-4px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842im_/http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/341*192/2016-crazy-year-in-politics.jpg" alt="The Crazy Year in Politics (Besides Trump and Clinton)"/></a></span><p class="summary"> It's a tradition for NBC News to sum up the oddest, silliest and most head-scratching political moments of the year, but this year was a strange one. Even if the social media fodder from the deeply divisive... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Crazy-Politics-2016-Carson-Bush-Ken-Bone-408519885.html" title="The Crazy Year in Politics (Besides Trump and Clinton)" class="more" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid=""></a></p></div></div><div class="post10 story weird article"><input type="hidden" class="featureCountentType" value="Article"/><div class="post_top_header_box"><div class="post_top_right_share"><h6 class="timestamp">Monday, Dec 26, 2016 at 06:15 AM EST</h6></div></div><span class="encodedTitle" style="display:none;">You Can't Expense That Llama: 2016's Wackiest Claims</span><h3 id="headline10" class="title generic"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Llama-Wackiest-Expense-Claims-2016-408281635.html" title="You Can't Expense That Llama: 2016's Wackiest Claims" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid="You Can't Expense That Llama: 2016's Wackiest Claims">You Can't Expense That Llama: 2016's Wackiest Claims</a></h3><div class="story_details"><span class="bordermask"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Llama-Wackiest-Expense-Claims-2016-408281635.html" title="You Can't Expense That Llama: 2016's Wackiest Claims" data-lpos="Content Well" data-lid="You Can't Expense That Llama: 2016's Wackiest Claims"><img style="margin-left:-4px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120044842im_/http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/341*192/145441415-llama-generic.jpg" alt="You Can't Expense That Llama: 2016's Wackiest Claims"/></a></span><p class="summary"> A llama brought in for a photo shoot may just be the zaniest expense request of 2016, according to a survey of more than 430 business travelers, NBC News reports. 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