Msnbc.com's Most Peculiar stories of 2007

One of the most popular features of MSNBC.com are those wacky, strange stories from around the world that have readers saying "Gee whiz" — and e-mailing them to friends and family.

We call them our Weird News. But which ones are — drum roll, please — the weirdest? The Most Peculiar of the Year?

Well, the tally from our weekly polls is in, and here are the Top 10 Most Peculiar Stories of 2007, as voted on by our users:

The envelope, please:

1: And the winner, with a 52 percent vote, is:

Shot duck survives 2 days in refrigerator

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2: Coming in second, with a 36 percent score:

Potty mouth! Woman cited for cursing at toilet

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3: Bad language is always a favorite, and then there is plain wackiness (in this case, at 36 percent):

Wheelchair user taken on wild 50-mph ride

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4: At 35 percent, a story that made headlines everywhere:

Judge: Cleaner owes me $65 million for pants

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5: And at just under 35 percent, one we wish had not:

Man gets probation for dead deer sex

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For Subscribers

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCBP leaders cut out of Trump ad buy decision

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAmerican passenger drafted goodbye texts to her family as Flydubai plane plummeted

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation pushes embattled New York prosecutor into national spotlight

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

6: At 34 percent, proof that death and sex make headlines (especially when they are together):

Naked pair falls from rooftop to their deaths

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7: At 33 percent, this story has “ouch” written all over it:

Elephants electrocuted in drunken rampage

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8: And, at 32 percent, another animal-induced "ouch":

Beheaded rattlesnake sends man to hospital

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9: At just under 32 percent, another animal gem:

Man brings donkey to testify on its own behalf

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10: And, at 31 percent, a medical mystery solved:

Headache mystery solved by a bullet