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50 Wild Incidents That Would Be Hard To Believe If They Hadn’t Made The News
Interview With Expert
A great headline can make or break a story. News outlets know this, which is why they go to great lengths to craft attention-grabbing titles. But in their efforts to hook readers, some headlines end up being so over-the-top, misleading, or unintentionally funny that they take on a life of their own.
Here are some of the most hilarious ones that made it out into the world.
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#1
Oops
Tiny Dancer 9 months ago
The US military just bought 400 million bucks worth of "armored Teslas", so there's that.
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Sillywaster Stayalone 9 months ago
I hope no one got injured, except for this badly rendered car.
David 9 months ago (edited)
Zuri, Damaged lithium ion batteries can catch fire. You can find videos on YT of people repairing batteries from things like cordless drills and fires starting. The tesla battery pack is on the bottom of the vehicle. Fire hydrant is big chunk of metal bolted to a pipe below ground. So the wreck may have damaged the battery would be my guess.
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Benoît Rainville 8 months ago
Lithium batteries and water ignite. If not waterproof, it's ticking trash can bomb.
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#2
The Seal Did Nothing Wrong
#3
The News Here In Australia
Bored Panda reached out to Anna-Katharina Jung, a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, and a scientific project manager, to learn more about why some publications resort to bold headlines.
Jung’s research focuses on the moral responsibility of communicators on social media, particularly in the context of misinformation, rumors, and gender in journalism. In one of her papers, she explored the impact of clickbait on user engagement in social media, making her the ideal expert to speak with.
#4
Snowman-1, Driver-0
#5
Best Headline Ever
#6
Become Ungovernable
“In today’s media landscape, where anyone can create messages and posts, the most important resource is attention,” Jung explained. “As a media creator, I need to generate attention for my content for it to be consumed and shared. Many journalistic business models still rely on readers visiting homepages and being exposed to advertising that finances the media.”
#7
Roses Are Red, Butter Is Creamy
#8
Best Headline Ever?
TheBoardBisexual 9 months ago
does the paperboy happen to be able to talk to snakes and do magic by any chance?
#9
Help My Parrot Turned Spanish And I Cannot Undo It
“Other business models, like subscriptions and paywalls, lessen the pressure of high click-through rates, but attention remains a key goal,” she added. “The need to capture attention is the main reason techniques like clickbait are used, encouraging users to click on posts, whether on social networks or websites.”
#10
Headline Of The Year
#12
A Simple Mistake Really
#13
This Is So Cute
#14
Well Played BBC, Well Played
#15
Good Strategy, Bad Execution
#16
So This Happened
#17
Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Sillywaster Stayalone 9 months ago
Meanwhile in Bearworld Times - Tailless Apes Maligning Bears by Promoting Camper Attack Myth
#18
Funniest Headline Ever
#19
One Roof. One Goat. Only One Man He Respected
#20
This Journalist Waited Their Whole Life For This Headline
#21
An Exotic-Looking Orange Bird Turned Out To Be A Seagull Covered In Curry
#22
Crack Journalism Here
#23
When This Makes The Front Page Of The Newspaper, You Know You Live In A Small Town
R1MV4Superleggera 9 months ago
Some say: Duck was their Union president supervising in disguise their work
#24
This Is What News Headlines Look Like When You Live In Alaska
#25
Yup, That's What College Is Like
#26
The Most Redneck Headline Ever
#27
In Local News
#28
This Is The Most British Headline I Have Ever Seen
#29
This Woman Leads An Exciting Life
#30
Well, It's A Full-Time Job
Sillywaster Stayalone 9 months ago
Memes are equivalent to the ring of LOTR - it lures away from your purpose
#31
Did She Sing Or Not?
#32
I Was Looking At The News When I Found This
#33
I Think You Might Just Like Dudes
#34
This Shocking Headline From Los Angeles
#35
Great Headline, Gizmodo
#36
Atlanta Man Attempts To Rob Nail Salon, Gets Ignored By Everyone
#37
Headline News In Vancouver, BC This Morning
Such an important issue in Canada that it makes front page headlines.
Intangible Panda 9 months ago
I lived in Vancouver for more than a decade. Didn't realize how weird this was until someone from another country pointed it out! Lol!
#38
Hedonistic Passengers
R1MV4Superleggera 9 months ago
Pretty sure the Australians would beat us in less than 10 minutes
#39
A Bacon Planet Would Be Totally Acceptable, But I'm Not Sure About Sausage
#40
10/10 Headline
#41
We Need More Of This Guy
#42
A Threat Germany Had Never Faced Before
#43
De-Aging. It'll Age You
#44
Suspect Didn't Pay For Gas
#45
Anything But The Metric System
#46
Only In Ohio
#47
That Picture Of The Stingray Was In My Newspaper Today
Huddo's sister 9 months ago
Wow, that's an old one. I remember this happening years ago, and the date says what looks like 2012, which makes sense.
#48
Literally The Greatest Headline USA Today Will Ever Write
#49
Bread
#50
Just Saw This Headline On My Local 12 O'clock News
#51
Turns Out They Do Enforce The Suspicious Salmon Law
#52
Best Breaking News Headline Ever
#53
There's Gotta Be Better Fox Masks Out There
#54
When The Mugshot Matches The Crime
Panda McPandaface 9 months ago
After checking in the mirror, I am feeling remarkably sane-looking today.
#55
They Became The Very Thing They Set Out To Destroy
Huddo's sister 9 months ago
There was an art installation in Tasmania's Museum of New Art that was called something like 'ladies bar', highlighting the unbalance of single gender spaces. It copped a lot of backlash and closed quickly, which I think highlights their point.
#56
My Local Newspaper
Huddo's sister 9 months ago
There was a kayaker the other day who was grabbed in a whale's mouth, but then spat out again.
#57
Spotted This In The Local Paper
Michael Largey 9 months ago
When I go to a Mexican restaurant, I always order a couple of Tipsy Tacos.
#58
I Love This Headline
Sillywaster Stayalone 9 months ago
Rats with knife in subway threatening passengers will be next
#59
Welcome To Detroit, Typical For Our Local News
#60
City Puts Forth Effort To Increase IQ
Geoffrey Scott 9 months ago
Judging by some of the laws the Ohio legislature has passed, this fits.
#61
So This Is On The Front Page Of My News Today
#62
Finally, I Found A News Source I Can Get Behind And Follow
#63
Maine Woman Punches Bear That Chased Her Dog And Ends Up With Stitches
#64
That Tumour Has Skills
Frank Miller 9 months ago
He then helped his uncle jack off a horse. You're right GenA, punctuation is offensive..
#65
Giant Hybrid Sheep
#66
This Is Making News In Australia
Huddo's sister 9 months ago (edited)
I wonder when this happened, because I didn't hear about it at the time, but have heard it mentioned online for about 10 years. If it was only mentioned on Sunrise it makes sense though as I never watch that rubbish.
#67
In My Newspaper This Morning
#68
Mexican Mayor Weds A Reptile And Couldn't Be Happier
#69
What?
#70
They Know About My Taco Bell Dinner Plans
#71
Found This Weird News Article
#72
Florida Woman Was "Yelling At Customers" Cops Say
#73
When AI Generates Headline
David 9 months ago
It makes sense. Blind people can play the Animal Planet Bluray discs but you have to be there in person to smell the elephant poo. /j Also - the photographer probably just blurred the background but that picture makes it look like they took her out on a foggy day knowing she wouldn't be able to see the difference.
#74
That’s Crazy
#75
Somebody Has Been Waiting Their Entire Career To Make This A Headline
cerinamroth 9 months ago
I had to read the small print to find out if it was my home town (York), or the other, newer version. It's the American one!
#76
Thought You Guys Would Have A Good Chuckle
#77
Came Across This, Taking Balanced Journalism To The Next Level
#78
What An Interesting Article
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Sally Moen 9 months ago
My favorite headline, from a Vancouver, Washington newspaper, was Vandal throwing apples onto roofs. The story was some random guy riding his bicycle threw a few apples onto peoples' roofs, and had no further destruction. The news article was wondering why he was doing it, and made it sound like he was Mad Max of a suburban neighborhood.
Lene 9 months ago
When I was about 14yo we had an assignment in Danish class: to write a short story based on an article in the local newspaper. So I wrote a story about a British couple who won a divorce via a radiostation. They each had air-time to complain about their spouse and the listeners voted that they deserved a divorce. So the radio show paid for the divorce and sent them both on vacation -different locations, obviously.
Chewie Baron 9 months ago
The Argus, local newspaper for Brighton, UK, has had some amazing headlines.
Matt Richardson 9 months ago (edited)
Okay... who is in charge of the world and why are they seemingly using Mad Libs to create events? Has Bugs Bunny finally gone too far in his attempts to harass Daffy Duck or something? Is he so mad with power he no longer cares about the harmful effects of the power he wields??
Sally Moen 9 months ago
My favorite headline, from a Vancouver, Washington newspaper, was Vandal throwing apples onto roofs. The story was some random guy riding his bicycle threw a few apples onto peoples' roofs, and had no further destruction. The news article was wondering why he was doing it, and made it sound like he was Mad Max of a suburban neighborhood.
Lene 9 months ago
When I was about 14yo we had an assignment in Danish class: to write a short story based on an article in the local newspaper. So I wrote a story about a British couple who won a divorce via a radiostation. They each had air-time to complain about their spouse and the listeners voted that they deserved a divorce. So the radio show paid for the divorce and sent them both on vacation -different locations, obviously.
Chewie Baron 9 months ago
The Argus, local newspaper for Brighton, UK, has had some amazing headlines.
Matt Richardson 9 months ago (edited)
Okay... who is in charge of the world and why are they seemingly using Mad Libs to create events? Has Bugs Bunny finally gone too far in his attempts to harass Daffy Duck or something? Is he so mad with power he no longer cares about the harmful effects of the power he wields??
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