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There's no question that a lot of craftsmanship and creativity went into these skillful creations of dubious taste. It's just that they're also kind of also weird and scary. It takes a specific type of person to want to make a 20-foot peeing dachshund sculpture on the front of a building, but the world is...better... for it? At least there's no question that questionable taste and skill go hand in hand.

Whether you buy a real Christmas tree or a plastic one, the only things you expect to see on it are tinsel, baubles and Christmas ornaments. However, around the festive season strange things can happen. Here are three very unexpected animals that ended up inside Christmas trees this year. Better go home and check for any visitors in your tree! 

You may know giant pandas for their irresistible cuteness, their love of bamboo and their tendency to roll around in the cutest way possible. But here's something you probably didn't know about pandas: they've got a thing for covering themselves in horse poop. Kinda weird, but there's a scientific explanation for it. Keep on reading to find out why pandas have this strange habit. 

If you thought Australian animals couldn't get any weirder, you were wrong. Some of them also glow in the dark. 

Are you the kind of person who prefers the cold weather? Do you love the fresh chill that comes with winter and sends everyone indoors to sit around the fireplace? Wearing a sweater may be nice, but if you really want to test yourself, you should visit Oymyakon, Siberia: the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth, with temperatures regularly reaching -62°C (-80°F). You'll need more than a sweater to stay warm there. 

Not everything ages gracefully, and we here on the internet have the duty of pointing out the things that don't. In this week's edition of things that have aged like milk, courtesy of r/AgedLikeMilk, we have some hilarious photos that you really won't believe are true. They aged that badly. Don't forget to check out last week's post for even more hilarious things that did not age well. 

Sometimes it's just like the Limp Bizkit song, everything is @#$^ and everyone @#$%@. r/awfuleverything is here to collect the true worst of the worst together for you to scorn and shake your head reflexively. If you need a bit more of the world to look at in disdain and wonder at its ineptitude, look no further. These awful memes and will have you right where you want to be.

Look at those guys. This strange horticultural technique called Espalier aims to grow trees in a flat manner, which can end up increasing fruit yield, and maximizing or minimizing sunlight exposure. Tinker around with that sunlight exposure, and you're actually able to capitalize on more fruitful growing seasons. With all the benefits of Espalier having been noted, there's no getting around the fact that it does look like a real life take on the infamous video game, Terraria. 

Check out some more weird tree lore with this Tumblr thread about how trees are low key monsters.

In true Henry the 8th fashion, this guy has decided he wants a son to carry on his family name. Judging by some of the criteria here, it looks like the kind of thing an entitled person who makes laughable demands would try to pull off. It's unclear if writing up a big offer full of rules and ultimatums is a good way to carry on one's genes, but hey, most of us haven't tried. Either way, This dude is making some pretty wild promises about his future kid.

We'd watch it. We also would just like a moment to thank photoshop for existing and for people who decide to create such random works of art. The internet wouldn't be the same without those people. 

For some reason, someone out there has decided to take the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World films and replace the dinosaurs within them with giant ferrets. We're not even mad about it, we'd absolutely watch this new franchise in a heartbeat! 

Giant ferrets just quadrupled our hearts for these adorable fuzzy cuties. Who wouldn't want a park full of giant, possibly ferocious, ferrets to hang with?

Cars are a strange semi-private space, and they give people an extra sense of security to be weird. That makes it harder to work a drive-thru job where you spend all day leering into people's cars. Some customers are even looking to freak employees out, which has gotta make work a little rough. For more customer service stuff, here are weird things Walmart employees witnessed and some totally mindless things said by credit card customers.

Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about the freakiest things that night time workers ever witnessed while on the job. There's something about night time that's always managed to bring out the craziest parts about this reality that we all share. Definitely gotta keep a watchful eye out if it's a full moon as well. 

Many of us have heard some wild and awkward junk said by teachers, but the substitutes are an interesting bunch. They seem to inhabit this weird gray area of accountability, and are somehow absolutely free to not give a rip. For some more teacher stuff, here are kids' hilarious misconceptions about teachers.

When reaching out for advice, it's good to take things with a grain of salt and understand that everyone might not have your best interest at heart. Some people just want to see the world burn, and that's what makes things interesting. For some even worse advice, here are some dumb and bad life pro tips to not do.