Apparently, it takes our brains about two seconds to decide whether something online is worth paying attention to. Just two seconds. That’s not much, but it’s all the time news outlets have to grab your interest.
So they do what they do best—write headlines that stop people mid-scroll. But in the rush to stand out, they sometimes push things a little too far. The wording gets awkward, the drama feels forced, or the entire story ends up sounding unintentionally hilarious.
Here are some of the funniest headlines that actually got published.
#1 The Seal Did Nothing Wrong
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#2 Best Headline Ever
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#3 The News Here In Australia
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#4 Roses Are Red, Butter Is Creamy
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#5 Oops
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#6 Best Headline Ever?
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#7 Snowman-1, Driver-0
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#8 A Simple Mistake Really
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#9 Become Ungovernable
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#10 So This Happened
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#11 Good Strategy, Bad Execution
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#12 Help My Parrot Turned Spanish And I Cannot Undo It
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#13 This Is So Cute
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#14 This Woman Leads An Exciting Life
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#15 This Is What News Headlines Look Like When You Live In Alaska
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#16 Well Played BBC, Well Played
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#17 Not All Heroes Wear Capes
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#18 One Roof. One Goat. Only One Man He Respected
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#19 Well, It's A Full-Time Job
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#20 Best Headline Ever
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#21 Headline Of The Year
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#22 Yup, That's What College Is Like
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#23 When This Makes The Front Page Of The Newspaper, You Know You Live In A Small Town
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#24 In Local News
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#25 The Most Redneck Headline Ever
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#26 Crack Journalism Here
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#27 10/10 Headline
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#28 Funniest Headline Ever
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#29 An Exotic-Looking Orange Bird Turned Out To Be A Seagull Covered In Curry
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#30 This Journalist Waited Their Whole Life For This Headline
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#31 Did She Sing Or Not?
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#32 This Shocking Headline From Los Angeles
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#33 Atlanta Man Attempts To Rob Nail Salon, Gets Ignored By Everyone
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#34 Great Headline, Gizmodo
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#35 Headline News In Vancouver, BC This Morning
Such an important issue in Canada that it makes front page headlines.
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#36 Anything But The Metric System
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#37 I Was Looking At The News When I Found This
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#38 Hedonistic Passengers
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#39 A Bacon Planet Would Be Totally Acceptable, But I'm Not Sure About Sausage
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#40 This Is The Most British Headline I Have Ever Seen
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#41 Suspect Didn't Pay For Gas
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#42 A Threat Germany Had Never Faced Before
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#43 That Picture Of The Stingray Was In My Newspaper Today
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#44 Just Saw This Headline On My Local 12 O'clock News
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#45 They Became The Very Thing They Set Out To Destroy
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#46 Bread
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#47 I Love This Headline
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#48 I Think You Might Just Like Dudes
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#49 Turns Out They Do Enforce The Suspicious Salmon Law
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#50 There's Gotta Be Better Fox Masks Out There
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#51 Literally The Greatest Headline USA Today Will Ever Write
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#52 When The Mugshot Matches The Crime
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#53 De-Aging. It'll Age You
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#54 Spotted This In The Local Paper
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#55 Only In Ohio
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#56 We Need More Of This Guy
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#57 Welcome To Detroit, Typical For Our Local News
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#58 Finally, I Found A News Source I Can Get Behind And Follow
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#59 City Puts Forth Effort To Increase IQ
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#60 Best Breaking News Headline Ever
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#61 Maine Woman Punches Bear That Chased Her Dog And Ends Up With Stitches
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#62 So This Is On The Front Page Of My News Today
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#63 My Local Newspaper
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#64 In My Newspaper This Morning
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#65 What?
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#66 That Tumour Has Skills
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#67 Giant Hybrid Sheep
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#68 Mexican Mayor Weds A Reptile And Couldn't Be Happier
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#69 Found This Weird News Article
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#70 This Is Making News In Australia
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#71 That’s Crazy
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#72 When AI Generates Headline
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#73 What An Interesting Article
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#74 Thought You Guys Would Have A Good Chuckle
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#75 Came Across This, Taking Balanced Journalism To The Next Level
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#76 Florida Woman Was "Yelling At Customers" Cops Say
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#77 They Know About My Taco Bell Dinner Plans
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#78 Somebody Has Been Waiting Their Entire Career To Make This A Headline
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