When we think of news headlines we assume they ought to be catchy, succinct, and informative and convey the vital information contained in the article in the best possible way. Yet, itโs not always the case. Sometimes, the folks in charge of coming up with the best news titles get it all wrong and the results can be very funny!
It happens even to the most reputable media companies who are not immune to unfortunate blunders which make their readers crack up! Weโve handpicked 60 extremely funny news headlines that are too hilarious to be true.
1. Urโฆ what?
This kind of headline probably isnโt something new to you in case you regularly follow astrology news, but that doesnโt make it any less funny! Weโre sure the author realized what he had done soon and blushed.



2. Superhero
Any fire is potentially life-threatening, even an imaginary one! The hero of the hour merely did his duty and saved the canine from a fiery doom. If only it were real, it would be awesome.


3. Middle name change
Macaulay Culkin indeed has a poetic ring to it. You just canโt stop repeating that melodic name. No wonder Macaulay wanted to be known as โMacaulay Macaulayโ instead of just Macaulay.


4. Everythingโs okay!
We arenโt sure if this really qualifies as โbreaking newsโ but weโre glad that Ramon is okay. Next time a celebrity is found alive, thereโs no doubt that CNN will be there to keep us updated!


5. Thatโs a relief!
All you militant heterosexual out there can now breathe a sigh of relief! Yoga is perfectly safe and thereโs no risk youโll wake up the day after class to discover all your clothes are pink.


6. Say cheese!
Mugshots are no different from selfies, really. In fact, they get preserved for posterity so you better make sure you look you best in your mugshot, like this woman!


7. Even Houdini couldnโt pull a better stunt!
Itโs hard to say something to something like this. Itโs just too good to be true. Or too crazy. Take your pick!


8. Self-defense
When your life is threatened, you use all means at your disposal, and in the lack of any weapons, you must reach for what nature has endowed you with. Now we know that guns arenโt the only effective means of self-defense!


9. Accidents happen
Best things happen spontaneously and hereโs proof! Scrap months of preparations and training, you donโt need all that to finish in a seventh place in the US half-marathon! Actually, you donโt have even have to be human!


10. Thanks, Google!
Word suggestions are often as annoying as they are useful. However, sometimes they produceโฆ interesting results. Thanks to Google we wonโt have to see that unfortunate word suggestion when we type โSit onโ anymore!


11. Donโt mess with ISIS
Honestly, what else could he expect when he joined ISIS? For people who routinely chop off peopleโs heads, taking sex slaves is like a walk in the park.


12. Sorry, George!
George Brownridge mustโve felt stupefied upon reading this. We wonder whether this โinappropriate innuendoโ was a blunder and not a prank. Whatever the case, it was a bit over the top.


13. A well-earned reward
Yeah, doing that to the leader of ISIS most definitively deserves a huge reward. Whatever some people may say, itโs a well-earned reward!


14. Thatโs one unfortunate headline
What would be your first guess if you opened newspapers and saw this headline? Weโll leave it to you to think about without saying anything else.


15. Come check your eyes, itโs free!
Seeing their favorite team underperform must be hard on any sports fan. This doctor came up with an idea of how to motivate his favorite team to do better next time. We wonder whether his method worked.


16. A brand new tourist attraction
She must have felt really special when she found out that sheโs included in the list of best Glasgow attractions! Next time when someone asks this woman what her profession is, sheโll probably say โIโm a tourist attractionโ. Pretty amazing, donโt you think?


17. Born without consent
Giving birth to a child is a serious business and parents better make sure they have their fetusโ consent before the mother proceeds to give birth. Preferrably a written one to avoid legal issues later.


18. A visit to Uranus? Why not
Now itโs pretty clear that any title with the word โUranusโ in it is bound to cause giggles and not just among kids. For some reason, guys reading this inevitably think itโs time to pay their urologist a visit.


19. Itโs an emergency!
โHow do you mean you ran out of McNuggets! Iโm calling 911.โ No, itโs not a joke, it actually made it into the news! Just goes on to prove that anything can become a headline these days.


20. Sausages saved my dogs!
If you dog went missing and youโre despare to get him back home, now you know what to do! No dog will ever run away from home if their owners have some sausages at hand.


21. Somethingโs fishy here
Nobody really knows what exactly the intention behind this news headline was. Chances are, we probably wonโt ever find out.


22. Uhmโฆ
The meaning of this headline is so ambiguous it can be interpreted in many different ways. Most of our interpretations are pretty embarrassing so weโll just keep them to ourselves.


23. โThe Emoji Movieโ
Wow. Itโs hard to ascertain whether this headline is actually serious or not. Somethingโs telling us that it actually is serious and thatโs what makes it even funnier.


24. An explosive combination
Next time you feel bold enough to combine Redd Bull and Vodka, be sure to stay away from people, especially people who get on your nerves. We didnโt need a study to know that itโs dangerous to combine Red Bull and Vodka but itโs nice to have science confirm it.


25. One step at a time
One Misippi, two Missippiโs, three Mississippiโsโฆ it takes practice to achieve perfection. This also applies to proper spelling. It doesnโt happen overnight! Letโs keep our fingers crossed, theyโll get it rightโฆ eventually.


26. A greasy situation
Thereโs no such thing as a perfect crime but there may yet be such thing as a perfect weapon. Or not. Donโt try this at home!


27. I Kid you not
Itโs unfortunate when politics affects music in an adverse way. Kid Rock certainly has his disagreements with Eminem but he should keep politics out of it.


28. Mixtape is worth more than an ID card
Who needs an ID when youโre celebrity? We already know that celebrities play by their own rules so this shouldnโt come as a surprise.


29. Black or white
Being a legal analysts usually means you should do your homework before you say something on a national television but thatโs not always a given. Hereโs what happens when youโre too lazy and donโt do your homework.


30. Shake, shake, shake it
We think this headline is a bit redundant but that would be stating the obvious. Thereโs nothing wrong with stating the obvious, though. It doesnโt apply to headlines which, in our opinion, should be a bit more creative.


31. Not a nice way to go
Speaking about creativityโฆ death is rarely creative. Quite the opposite, itโs often surprisingly dull, just like this headline.


32. Acronyms are weird
For a moment, we had something entirely different on our mind while reading this headline. How can something so dangerous as an armed militant group have such a benign acronym?


33. An intruder in the forest
Now thatโs quite a feat! Bears are creatures that are not easy to intimidate, but we guess the sight of a man dressed up in a bear costume was enough to bring a tear to their eye.


34. Caught red handed
Some urges are too strong to resist. This guy will be better off behind the bars. After all, there are no pool rafts in prison. At least the inscription on his T-shirt makes sense!


35. Happy hamburger
Pablo Escobar may be a dangerous drug lord but he does have a wicked sense of humor! We have to look at the positive side, donโt we?


36. Itโs really big isnโt it?
He may feel cheated but we hope he sees the funny side of it. Everyone needs a magnifying glass at some point in life.


37. Thatโs not how you do it!
We have so many questions to ask but itโs best they remain unspoken โ and unanswered. A tip for all the couples trying to have kids: make sure you do it the right way next time.


38. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, flies like a bug, then itโs probably a flying bug
Things arenโt always what they seem and thatโs an undeniable fact of life. Well, sometimes things are exactly what they seem, though weโre not sure why this particular obvious thing ended up being a news headline.


39. Bad luck
Power is too big a temptation for some people. The next mayor should definitively be on his guard, for all we know, the office may be cursed!


40. Wild child at Walmart
This is what weโd call living life to the fullest. Next time you feel a bit rebellious at Walmart, remember that driving a motorized cart while eating chicken and drinking has consequences.


41. Mutants are among us!
If, by some chance, your kid hangs a spoon on their nose and claims to be a mutant with superpowers, donโt take it for granted! It might be true after all. Another possible explanation is that the author of this article was simply bored.


42. Creative shoplifter
Of all the good available to steal, he had to choose a chainsaw. It will never be quite clear to us why exactly did he decide to hide it in his pants instead of holding it behind his back and darting for the exit, but some mysteries are destined to remained unsolved.


43. Errโฆ what?
How on earth did they come up with that kind of headline? At least it made us crack up. News are usually depressing but every now and then they can bring a smile to your face!


44. Ups!
Sometimes you need to fight fire with fire. This was not a time to try something like that, however.


45. Raw but refreshing
Pushing the boundaries of music is not necessarily a pleasant affair, so make sure you bring your ear plugs next time your favorite band is experimenting. You donโt want to repeat the mistake these fans made.


46. Pug vs Dog
We wonder who won that fight in the end. Strictly speaking, dogfighting is a felony but since a police dog was involved we guess itโs okay.


47. Shocking
Isnโt it awesome to find a man with integrity? Being a professional actor doesnโt mean you should accept everything they ask of you. It turned out that the whole thing was a joke, however. Pattison said he was joking about being asked to perform sex act on a dog in his latest movie. Thatโs certainly a relief!


48. The jokeโs on you!
All of us who watched the Simpsons nearly 20 years ago canโt say that we havenโt been warned. We wonder how this guy felt when he realized that what he thought to be a joke was, in fact, very much real!


49. Smoke and let others smoke
Not all churches have a same idea about what a holy sacrament is. Bob Marley would be proud of this particular church, as would most Rastafarians, we assume.


50. Hunger games
This is pretty messed up, we have to say, though also funny in a disturbing way. What weโre unsure about is why exactly this qualified as โbreaking newsโ. The media these days will do pretty much everything to grab our attention.


51. A gift from heaven
Miracles happen but it takes much skill to tell a real miracle from a fake one. Not everyone is up to the task, as we can see from this headline.


52. Who couldโve seen that coming?
This wonโt be good for his business, thereโs no doubt about that! Though, one has to wonder whether weโre being unfair. Maybe psychics donโt see everything after all.


53. Zeal of the convert
They say that great minds think alike. The same must be true for criminal minds, a fact best proven by this guyโs unfortunate example. If you couldnโt help but chuckle at the irony of it, youโre not alone.


54. A billion dollar woman
Somehow, politicians tend to say things that come back to haunt them at a most inconvenient time. We may call it karma or law of attraction, depending on our philosophy, but itโs most definitively real, as Hillary herself found out the hard way!


55. Bigger is better
Hereโs a headline that will raise a few eyebrows. It was probably too late by the time the author figured out what he did.


56. Some questions are better left unasked
Weโre unsure of what exactly is going on here. Is it a sexual harassment test or just a joke gone horribly wrong, or something entirely else? We leave it for you to decide.


57. Gold fish
This may be a word play, a pun, or simply a clumsily written headline. Either Fish is human, or Ted-Jan is a fish with a fancy name and both are competing at the world single distance championship.


58. Things
Being โprofessionally fascinated by thingsโ is now officially a profession, and a popular one at that! Who wouldnโt want to be Jeff Goldblumโs shoes and travel the world exploringโฆ things.


59. Not my Persian rug!
If itโs any consolation, eating carpet is a much healthier addiction than smoking, for example. Jokes aside, letโs hope that doctors will come up with a treatment for this most unusual disorder.


60. Naughty furries
Just goes on to prove that you donโt want to mess with furries. Whatever you do, donโt give furries any excuse to get kinky on Twitter if you donโt want to have nightmares for the next month or so.


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