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Archive of the Absurd

Archive of the Absurd

Because stupidity deserves documentation.

  • Airlines Ruining Luggage: 37 Suitcases That Survived War Zones But Not Baggage Handlers
  • Worst Box Office Ever: Film Earns $20 After Six People Show Up and Two Demand Refunds
  • Cocaine Found in Butt Surprise: Woman Insists It Just Ended Up There
  • Hershey’s Kisses Christmas bells advert was basically made up on the spot, and honestly that tracks
Archive of the Absurd

Archive of the Absurd

Because stupidity deserves documentation.

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  • Destroyed suitcase on baggage carousel, airlines ruining luggage in spectacular fashion

    Airlines Ruining Luggage: 37 Suitcases That Survived War Zones But Not Baggage Handlers

    3 weeks ago
  • Empty cinema auditorium representing the worst box office ever recorded

    Worst Box Office Ever: Film Earns $20 After Six People Show Up and Two Demand Refunds

    3 weeks ago
  • Prison officer shocked by cocaine found in butt on jail X-ray screen

    Cocaine Found in Butt Surprise: Woman Insists It Just Ended Up There

    3 weeks ago
  • Foil-wrapped chocolate kisses arranged as Hershey's Kisses Christmas bells in festive setting

    Hershey’s Kisses Christmas bells advert was basically made up on the spot, and honestly that tracks

    3 weeks ago
  • Dishevelled man on sofa representing the Don Vito Margera conviction story

    Don Vito Margera: The Jackass Uncle Banned From Being Himself After Shocking Conviction

    3 weeks ago
  • Two suited politicians squabbling over a trophy as Tories destroy the country around them

    Tories Accuse Labour of Stealing ‘Destroy the Country’ Policy in Bitter Brand Dispute

    3 weeks ago
  • Retro NASA engineer puzzling over the Voyager 1 memory fix at a vintage control panel

    Voyager 1 Memory Fix: NASA Repaired a Spacecraft 15 Billion Miles Away Using a Cosmic Copy-Paste

    3 weeks ago
  • Chaotic British dinner table with absurd food combinations and a sad fish finger

    British dinner chaos erupts as American writer asks the internet’s most dangerous question

    3 weeks ago
  • Stubby wingless aircraft gliding over desert in retro aerospace style

    Wingless Aircraft: The Bonkers Flying Blobs That Actually Work

    3 weeks ago
  • Woman shocked by deepfake porn nightmare on laptop screen

    Deepfake Porn Nightmare: AI Puts Wrong Face in All the Wrong Places

    3 weeks ago
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Houska Castle: The Gateway To Hell Someone Actually Tried To Brick Up

Worst Box Office Ever: Film Earns $20 After Six People Show Up and Two Demand Refunds
  • Entertainment Oddities
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Worst Box Office Ever: Film Earns $20 After Six People Show Up and Two Demand Refunds

Killing the Dead: The Ancient British Guide to Dealing With Your Most Persistent Neighbours
  • Historical Oddities
  • Paranormal

Killing the Dead: The Ancient British Guide to Dealing With Your Most Persistent Neighbours

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  • Historical Oddities

Killing the Dead: The Gloriously Grim Guide to Finishing Off Folklore’s Most Persistent Nuisances

Destroyed suitcase on baggage carousel, airlines ruining luggage in spectacular fashion
  • Strange But True
  • Weird World

Airlines Ruining Luggage: 37 Suitcases That Survived War Zones But Not Baggage Handlers

aota-admin3 weeks ago04 mins

Airlines ruining luggage has reached an art form, with 37 brave suitcases returning from the hold looking utterly, catastrophically destroyed.

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Empty cinema auditorium representing the worst box office ever recorded
  • Entertainment Oddities
  • Only in America
  • Strange But True

Worst Box Office Ever: Film Earns $20 After Six People Show Up and Two Demand Refunds

aota-admin3 weeks ago04 mins

In what may be the worst box office ever, a Dallas film screened for a full week and walked away with twenty dollars and its dignity in tatters.

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Prison officer shocked by cocaine found in butt on jail X-ray screen
  • Crimes of Stupidity
  • Only in America

Cocaine Found in Butt Surprise: Woman Insists It Just Ended Up There

aota-admin3 weeks ago04 mins

Cocaine found in butt during a jail X-ray led to one woman’s boldest claim yet: it wasn’t hers and she had no idea how it got there.

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Foil-wrapped chocolate kisses arranged as Hershey's Kisses Christmas bells in festive setting
  • Entertainment Oddities
  • Only in America
  • Strange But True

Hershey’s Kisses Christmas bells advert was basically made up on the spot, and honestly that tracks

aota-admin3 weeks ago04 mins

The Hershey’s Kisses Christmas bells advert — possibly the laziest creative decision in television history — has been delighting Americans for decades.

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Dishevelled man on sofa representing the Don Vito Margera conviction story
  • Celebrities
  • Crimes of Stupidity
  • Only in America

Don Vito Margera: The Jackass Uncle Banned From Being Himself After Shocking Conviction

aota-admin3 weeks ago05 mins

The Don Vito Margera conviction didn’t just end his career — a judge literally banned him from being himself, which is admittedly quite the punishment.

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Two suited politicians squabbling over a trophy as Tories destroy the country around them
  • British Buffoonery

Tories Accuse Labour of Stealing ‘Destroy the Country’ Policy in Bitter Brand Dispute

aota-admin3 weeks ago04 mins

In a bold act of political plagiarism, Labour has apparently stolen the Tories’ beloved ‘destroy the country’ brand, and frankly the Tories are livid.

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Retro NASA engineer puzzling over the Voyager 1 memory fix at a vintage control panel
  • Strange But True
  • Technology

Voyager 1 Memory Fix: NASA Repaired a Spacecraft 15 Billion Miles Away Using a Cosmic Copy-Paste

aota-admin3 weeks ago04 mins

The Voyager 1 memory fix was basically NASA’s version of turning it off and on again — except the device is 15 billion miles away and launched in 1977.

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Chaotic British dinner table with absurd food combinations and a sad fish finger
  • British Buffoonery
  • Food Gone Wrong

British dinner chaos erupts as American writer asks the internet’s most dangerous question

aota-admin3 weeks ago04 mins

One innocent question about British dinner chaos proved that asking the internet what Brits eat is roughly equivalent to poking a very sarcastic bear.

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Stubby wingless aircraft gliding over desert in retro aerospace style
  • Historical Oddities
  • Strange But True
  • Technology

Wingless Aircraft: The Bonkers Flying Blobs That Actually Work

aota-admin3 weeks ago04 mins

Wingless aircraft should not fly — yet somehow America spent millions proving they could, and one crash ended up on telly.

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Woman shocked by deepfake porn nightmare on laptop screen
  • Strange But True
  • Technology
  • Weird World

Deepfake Porn Nightmare: AI Puts Wrong Face in All the Wrong Places

aota-admin3 weeks ago04 mins

In a deepfake porn nightmare that nobody ordered, an anti-porn campaigner discovered AI had cast her as the unwilling star of her own adult film.

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  • Worst Box Office Ever: Film Earns $20 After Six People Show Up and Two Demand Refunds
  • Cocaine Found in Butt Surprise: Woman Insists It Just Ended Up There
  • Hershey’s Kisses Christmas bells advert was basically made up on the spot, and honestly that tracks
  • Don Vito Margera: The Jackass Uncle Banned From Being Himself After Shocking Conviction

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