Extremely weird jobs you never knew existed

Bed warmer - As per the Daily Mirror, an entrepreneurial Russian woman started this bizarre service in which she'd get paid to lay in random people's beds for an hour so that they'd be nice and toasty once they were ready to hit the hay!

The Holiday Inn offered a similar service in 2010, according to Reuters.

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Pet food taster - Yes, this is exactly what it sounds like. But before you say no, professionals can make up to US$120,000 annually, according to Menttes.

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Human scarecrow - The BBC reported that a university student found work doing just this. It is a pretty easy gig as he mostly just sits, reads books, listens to podcasts, or plays the ukulele.

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Sex identifier - No, it isn't what you think. This professional determines the sex of thousands of chickens born everyday via two techniques: feather sexing or vent sexing, as explained on Sokanu.

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Drying paint watcher - This is perhaps the most boring job in this entire gallery. However, as reported by the Daily Mail, this is the real job of a man in North Wales who evaluates how long it takes paint to dry. Yawn!

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Golf ball diver - Someone's got to get all those golf balls out of the water!

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Snake milker - Apparently snakes can be milked! Snake milkers extract the venom from these poisonous reptiles in order to help hospitals and laboratories create antivenoms and antidotes.

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Sniffer - From armpits, paper towels, even dog breath, there are people out there who are paid to sniff all sorts of things in order to determine how well different products perform.

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Marmite taster - There was a man who spent 42 years tasting this icky British goo! Marmite's chief taste tester, St. John Skelton, retired in 2016, according to The Daily Express.

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Full-time Netflix watcher - Netflix and...get paid? Who knew your favorite pastime could earn you big bucks! In March 2018, Esquire reported that Netflix posted a job opening for someone to "watch, research, rate, tag, annotate and write analysis for movie and TV content."

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Scuba diving pizza delivery man - As if an underwater hotel wasn't weird enough, there is actually a man who delivers pizza to guests staying at the Jules' Undersea Lodge in Key Largo, Florida, United States.

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Face feeler - Also known as "sensory scientists," these folks get paid to touch faces and evaluate the effectiveness of different facial cleansers, scrubs, lotions, and other products.

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Gum buster - This is a gig we never thought about but it totally makes sense that it exists! Someone's got to clean it, right?

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Professional mermaid - If, as a child, your favorite Disney princess was Ariel from 'The Little Mermaid,' and you wanted to grow up to be her, guess what? You actually can!

According to Insider, Rose Medina makes roughly US$45,000 per year working as a professional mermaid and making appearances at parties and promotional events. Insane!

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Bike fisher - There is a company in Amsterdam, as per PRI, that literally pays its workers to fish for bikes thrown in the canals.

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Professional mourner - Also known as moirologists, these people get paid to mourn over the loss of your loved one. A depressing job, indeed.

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Funeral stripper - Another thing that people habitually hire for funerals? Exotic dancers, if you can believe it! That's right. In China, families hire these young women to either increase attendance or as a way of honoring the deceased and giving them a proper send off, according to The Independent.

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Professional bridesmaid - On a lighter note, did you know you can hire professional bridesmaids for your wedding? Yep, it is a real service!

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Professional apologizer - Apologizing to someone you've wronged can sometimes be an awkward conversation to have. But if you live in Japan, it doesn't have to be. According to Oddity Central, there are agencies in Japan that will send someone to do the begging for forgiveness on your behalf. But be warned: if you want tears involved, it will cost you extra.

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Professional hitchhiker -

Jakarta introduced the "three-in-one" driving rule in 2003 (meaning that at least three people must be present in cars) to help with traffic congestion. This, in turn, created a booming opportunity for professional hitchhiker or "jockey" work. Jockeys would signal with their index finger to let drivers know they were available for hire as passengers.

But the rule was suspended in 2016 after the city saw an increase in child labor and kids dropping out of school in favor of this line of work, as reported by ABC.

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Ostrich babysitter - If you love animals then this may be the perfect gig for you! This is a real job that exists in South Africa, according to In The Know.

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Toques - A man in Mexico by the name of Javier Rodriguez roams the busy bar streets and nightlife, offering drunken locals and tourists the chance to play a ridiculous electrocution game known as "toques."

According to the Daily Mail, Rodriguez makes more than US$400 a week by charging people to hold onto metal handles and see how many volts they can withstand! Crazy.

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Dog surfing instructor - You can pay someone to teach you and your dog to surf...sometimes even just your dog.

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Professional cuddler - From Cuddle Up To Me to The Snuggle Buddies, there are legitimate websites out there that provide cuddling services.

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Oshiya - Meaning "pusher" in Japanese, an oshiya's job is to push people onto trains. Seriously.

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Duckmaster - This is the person in charge of a wacky longtime tradition: March of The Peabody Ducks at the Peabody Hotel locations, as per NBC News. A flock of ducks are paraded around the resort led by the duckmaster. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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Professional line-stander - One line-stander told Business Insider that he makes nearly US$1,000 per week. This is a lucrative business during Black Friday or highly anticipated product launches.

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Professional foreigner -

This is a real thing that happens a lot in China. Chinese businesses will hire foreigners (aka white guys in suits) to pose as businessmen, celebrities, or even British guards to make properties look more "international" as reported in this Business Insider article. Hilarious!

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