40 Newspaper Headlines That Push The Limits Of Human Stupidity
Creating a good headline for an article is an art within itself. Just think about it: you basically have to describe your whole text using just one sentence. Sometimes you succeed, sometimes you don't, and sometimes you produce such a mind-bogglingly dumb headline, that people still remember it 20 years later.
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Creating a good headline for an article is an art within itself. Just think about it: you basically have to describe your whole text using just one sentence. Sometimes you succeed, sometimes you don't, and sometimes you produce such a mind-bogglingly dumb headline, that people still remember it 20 years later.
Much like dumb celebrity quotes, stupid newspaper headlines are never truly forgotten. Unfortunate wordplay, lazy editing and poor math - it takes some creativity to come up with headlines like that. Check them out in the gallery below!
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