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There is hardly anything better than waking up at the crack of dawn and making some English breakfast: scrambled eggs, bacon, fried tomatoes and mushrooms, a bit of toast with marmalade, and a large mug of Earl Grey tea. And what better way to enjoy this feast than by eating it whilst you read the morning newspapers?

Unfortunately, some newspaper headlines can make us do a spit-take and drench the entire page in delicious tea (splash of milk, no sugar). You know the type of headlines that I mean: unintentionally amusing, very silly, and quite obvious how stupid they are if the overworked editors would look at them with a pair of fresh eyes.

Our team at Bored Panda has run, flown, and swum all over the planet looking for hilarious and idiotic newspaper articles, all for your amusement. So put your reading glasses on, scroll down, and upvote the headlines you enjoyed. We’d love to hear about any peculiar and giggle-worthy headlines that you’ve come across; even better if you’ve come up with them yourselves!

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    Kristof De Smet
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good thing he/she didn't become an engineer, then...

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    I adore newspapers, just like I love books, writing things in notebooks, watering my ficus tree, and sketching on real paper. They’re real things that don’t disappear once the power goes out, the internet goes down, or the moment a zombie outbreak starts (Max Brooks’ ‘The Zombie Survival Guide’ will be worth its weight in gold then and I keep it by my bed at all times). However, times are changing. More and more news and entertainment can be found in the digital world. Which means that the print media industry is slowly declining.

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    Tracy Moorhead
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perhaps that's just what they want us to think!!

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    For example, in 2018, weekday print newspaper circulation in the United States decreased by 12 percent, while Sunday circulation fell by 13 percent, according to the Pew Research Center.

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    What this means is that on Sundays, when most Americans have more free time, they’d rather do something else than buy a newspaper; like browse the internet.

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    Kristi S.
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, wow! That must 've been unexpected..

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    Alex Bailey
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It also says Exclusive to all newspapers and asks for contact from people who have seen her in Morocco. What trash-rag is this?

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    And the situation is only getting worse for newspaper journalists and other staff members. Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment Statistics, in 2018, 37,900 people worked in the newspaper industry as reporters, editors, photographers, film or video editors. That is 14 percent fewer employees than in 2015, and a whopping 47 percent less than in 2004.

    Do you think that newspapers have a future, dear Readers? Would you like to see a Bored Panda newspaper? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

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    Sadie Shapiro
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had no idea. Guess I'll put the bomb back in my garage.

    Blub Blub Blub
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love this article, it lets me post sarcastic comments and it not be considered rude. I am very happy 😊😊😊

    Raine Soo
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since when would a nuclear explosion not be a disaster?

    Ryo Bakura
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What if we localised it to Donald Trump's bed?

    Dan 57man (dan57man)
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not if they exploded it just a little bit.

    Kai
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But I thought it would be a rainbow....

    Bonny Saxon
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Finally, something we can all agree on.

    🍁Snow🍁
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, the majority of people think it isn’t. UNTIL NOW.

    the shrimp whisperer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    no no actually i imagine it would be quite the party

    AspieGirl88
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless it happens where there’s no living creatures within damaging distance! 🤷‍♀️🙂

    Blaise Meloche
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did Trump say that? I know he did about Obamacare!

    Jo Choto
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or maybe just a slight inconvenience...

    Ari
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Come on, Lucy... Who told you that? Or are you suffering from your last name, maybe?

    Peter Spencer
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do these clowns actually read their own headlines?

    Felicia Dale
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And this is why we can't have nice things.

    BusLady
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What else would it be, a minor inconvenience?

    Orenda Anyone
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The last name Parkinson explains everything.

    Kim Bush
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In some areas of the world some people would call it justice.... And no I'm not saying I'm one of those people.

    Bettye McKee
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And we have the pictures to back it up!

    Donna Reynolds
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have you been talking to the math guy?

    Lucy Shupe
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m so glad they pointed that out. I’d never known that.

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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No argument there.

    Kirah Bettis
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what I thought it was a good thing🤣🥳

    Louise Stange-Wahl
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well all depends where it would be...a tactical nuke in the right place could clean up some of the scumbags, political and otherwise, that threaten the entire planet and every living thing.

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    Alex Bailey
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holding text that someone forgot to change. Often says Lorem Ipsum dolor...

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    Tracy Moorhead
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why they're in charge of money and not literacy!

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    IzzieM
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bugs crawling around with feet are crawling bugs.

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    Aaron W
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gotta pass the time while waiting for the other golfers to play their shots...

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    Alex Bailey
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bad man. At least we know who to blame now.

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    Kurisurin Sutaringu
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On a separate note, that’s awesome! Means society is finally getting somewhere!

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    Aaron W
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Penis envy actually explains a lot of the past three years.

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    Dilly Millandry
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably laughing at how they look - some people pull some great faces when they're singing. Just look at people in cars at traffic lights singing away... look mad.

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    Kristof De Smet
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perhaps if you change your goggles, you'd find her?

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    Chris Watson
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one's actually not too bad, when you think of all the perils caused by earthquakes. The ground splitting open, fires from broken gas mains, tsunamis.....

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    Kristof De Smet
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn! We thought they would have died by now...

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    IzzieM
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This headline leaves nothing to the imagination. No one will read the article if you give everything away in the headline.

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    Dilly Millandry
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just needs some inverted commas for that 'miracle cure'

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    Colm Corcoran
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now what essential information you are missing here is that the Metro Herald is an Irish newspaper, very few of us know what the sun looks like!!!

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    Alex Bailey
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, reading the text it sounds like they were all wasting time.

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    Chris Jones
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, graveyard and not grave - that tends to be less usual.

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    Cats vs zombies
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I also heard that there jumphead goes huhdn udnlgc und.

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    Bunzilla
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is.... a very unfortunate juxtaposition of headlines...

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    Laugh Fan
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They did use to say less sex increased chances - something to do with sperm quality.

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    Lucas
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Obstables aren't always that obious.

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    DE Ray
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wooden shoes are also called sabots. One could assume that they are worn by saboteurs. Entirely reasonable for a poorly-read librarian to fear them.

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    Dilly Millandry
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Receives'? What, was one sent in the post or something?

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    Phil Boswell
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not so much funny as infuriating >_<

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    Zenozenobee
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In a world where Tide Pods CHallenge exists, this is not unecessary...

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    Lucas
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should think he consideres himself fairly luck to be alive at all!

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    Chris Jones
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a 'c**p' headline as it isn't about the sewers smelling but about where the smell is leaking from.

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    Lucas
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    THAT is very deliberate and probably a paper like The Sun.

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    Phil Boswell
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That headline wouldn't be funny without the picture…

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    Alex Bailey
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a headline which is criticising the teachers who made the original statement and not a daft headline in itself.

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    BusLady
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should have said "There will be a program honoring Black History Month."

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    Dynein
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That... is a perfectly fine headline? Population growth can either come from within, via reproduction, or from elsewhere via migration... fail to see the problem.

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    Laugh Fan
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, of course. Dogs are always good.

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    BusLady
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell that to the woman he murdered, then burned her body. Sick bastard.

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    Lucas
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That insurance company must be kicking themselves.

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    Lucas
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's news that the locals don't throw stones at a helpless animal???

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    Rabbit Carrot
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s pretty much what got him in trouble in the first place.

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    Lucas
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that's clearly okay then... 🙄

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    Eirik Johnsbråten
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn, couldn't they have cancelled Mondays instead?

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    Lucas
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, as someone living far too close to Crawley, generally not considered a green and pleasant town, I find this exceptionally exciting! Particularly that the council had the money to spend on mowers costing £18,000. Are the gold-plated or something?

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    Naomi Armitage
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm still trying to believe that guy in the picture is only 18.

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    Lucas
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When these kinds of headlines are in English newspapers it is 100% deliberate. Certain newspapers are famous for them.

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    Hard 2 Guess
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Makes sense if you think about it. Less money for people to vacation, hence less people on beach and in the water, less shark attacks. I don't see anything wrong with this headline.

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    Lucas
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could this be from the The Sunday Sport? UK's paper most famous for it's weird and outrageous headlines. Includes ones such as Statue of Elvis found on Mars.

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