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Somewhere in the world (let’s be honest — usually Florida) hilariously bizarre things happen every day. So when some people say that the news is boring, we bet they probably never stumbled upon ridiculous, weird, and straight-up stupid stories that made it both to TV and print.

Thanks to the "Internet’s Craziest Headlines" Twitter account, these people might be proved wrong. From "China may be using sea to hide its submarines" to "Large cat spotted" to "Man sold TV to buy remote", the creators of this account bring the most bizarre collection of titles and captions for you to enjoy.

So get ready to witness a whole new level of absurdity because Bored Panda has selected some of the best posts this account had to offer. Continue scrolling and upvote the ones that made you scratch your head the most! After you’re done with this post, you can find some more headline goodness right here and here.

Some say "You can’t judge a book by its cover", but it seems that plenty of people decide whether an article is worth reading or a news segment worth watching just by their titles. According to Brian Clark, the founder of Copyblogger, 8 out of 10 people will read the headline, but only 2 out of 10 will read the rest.

After all, getting your title clicked on is hard work. It has to be specific, rewarding, and intriguing all at the same time. Plus, it has to be useful if your goal is to reach more people. The headline is the first (and sometimes the only!) impression you make on a potential reader.

"Writing a great headline doesn’t guarantee the success of your writing. The benefit conveyed in the headline still needs to be properly satisfied in the body," Clark wrote. "But great body content with a bad or even marginal headline is doomed to go largely unread."

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Annamagelic
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one is just sad. Nothing funny about a distraught, mentally ill person.

Peppy Piplup
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My imaginary friend was a horse called Vinegar. I'm assuming at some point I let her free to roam the wilderness.

Monday
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never had an imaginary friend and I felt left out since everyone else would tell stories about theirs....so I made up 10 clones of myself. Even I had trouble keeping track of where they were supposed to be.

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HantiChrist
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This happens to a lot of people with Schizophrenia. My best friend's dad had a mental break and called the police on himself because he was convinced he murdered his whole family.Everyone was just at school or work.

Agnes Jekyll
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh no, this is very sad. That poor man. I hope he gets the help he needs.

Random Anon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look at the remorse. Give that man a chance but give him some mental health therapy before releasing him.

Okiedokie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aw, c’mon. He’s obviously mentally ill. If he shot his imaginary friend & was laughing his head off I’d be more worried.

WildHoneyPie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Dad flushed my brother's imaginary friend Judy down the toilet when "she" scratched his car with some keys. I imagine my brother's face looked a lot like this guy's.

Marnie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If he's mentally ill, I'm sure mocking him on the internet is the kind thing to do and will truly help with his recovery.

Shane Clark
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Probably as crazy as wherever you are but due to not being allowed to say this person's name on the news. They say Florida man which became a meme.

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Alex The Fanperson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn't funny, it's sad as f**k. He's probably schizophrenic. Hope that shuts up the "edgy" kids who think it's "cool" to have SERIOUS MENTAL DISORDERS

Raena Celis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least he's remorseful. He's got a much lesser chance of killing again

Luther von Wolfen
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Florida Man - not the superhero we wanted, but the superhero we got stuck with.

Eric Forster
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Has a GoFundMe page been established for Imaginary Friend's family?

Ann Worth
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After he does this five more times, he can then kill someone for real -- and get away with it. Everyone knows he's just a nut, so he would kill a real person only by accident.

Mary Rose Kent
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or back on his meds. I have a schizophrenic nephew and he says the meds make you feel unreal, like you’re made of plastic or something, and knowing that makes it much more understandable why so many schizophrenics go off their meds. He currently has a girlfriend, which in turn gives him a lot of impetus to stay on his!

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Rae Black
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Was the imaginary friend's name Wison? Asking for my imaginary friend.

barbie me
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After the drugs wear off he's going to die when he sees this picture!

Dana McCall
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dude needs serious rehab if he can't even get along with an imaginary friend!

David Beaulieu
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would have edited this headline. "Florida Man" and "On Drugs" is duplicative. Just go with "Man on Drugs Kills Imaginary Friend & Turns Himself In" or "Florida Man Kills..."

Bubba Jones
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I read this out loud and my imagery friend just jumped the fence and ran into the night.

btaglln
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok so here we can notice that is is normal in the US to put a mentally ill person face everywhere. Very good ...

Nathaniel Nganga
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

florida man: he he sniffle nevr did anything wong i just was mad and we got into a sniffle fight and i killed him sniffle i miss jack already i deserve to die sniffle

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Lina Survila, the editor in chief of Abstract Stylist online magazine, has years of experience working in the press. She told Bored Panda in a previous interview that "editors are often pressured to bring better results with each article, so headline wars have become the real deal today."

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know what, that might actually be the tipping point for changing their support for some people

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She argued that there's a fine line between an informative headline and a fake one. “First, we all need to know that headlines play a big role in Google's ranking magic. Every editor has a wish for their article to reach the top position, meaning more clicks if a user is often searching for it," Lina explained.

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"So because an editor wants to reach more people, they end up using trendy keywords which result in misleading headlines," Lina said and added that it happens more often than you’d think.

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The founder of Abstract Stylist also mentioned that "clickbait headlines often mislead people, and those who do not bother to open the article might mislead other people too by spreading the wrong message. For example, recently, I read that K. Reaves is married to Winona Ryder, well, it was stated in the headline, and actually, they were married in the movie."

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Nathaniel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seriously though, who answers unrecognised numbers these days? It is like answering the door when you are not expecting someone. It does not happen.

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However, it turns out that readers also contribute to spreading misleading information — some people share links on their social media feeds without ever reading what’s inside. In 2016, satirical news site The Science Post published an article with a troubling headline: "Study: 70% of Facebook users only read the headline of science stories before commenting". However, the body of the article contained nothing more than "lorem ipsum” placeholder text. But nearly 46K people shared the post.

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Nathaniel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But that's the second place I'd look! First is down the side of the sofa, between the cushions.

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According to a study by computer scientists at Columbia University and the French National Institute, 59 percent of links shared on social media have never actually been opened and read.

"People are more willing to share an article than read it," study co-author Arnaud Legout said. "This is typical of modern information consumption. People form an opinion based on a summary, or a summary of summaries, without making the effort to go deeper," he said.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Frankly, if you manage more than 90 years on this shitty planet, you deserve to live rent free.

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Peppy Piplup
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is why I like to remind people that there's a sliding scale between "People who just think that anthropomorphic animals are neat/easy to draw" and THIS in the Furry Fandom. They're not all weirdos, I swear.

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Guy MacGregor
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ahhh... Theo! For those wondering, the cropped guy on the right was the president (F. Hollande) AffaireThe...412737.jpg AffaireTheo-62307a6412737.jpg

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They could have at least thrown him a bone and made him think he saved himself.

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Noah Berens
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not one but both of them were on board and that’s what really scares me

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Demi Zwaan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What? You don't need proof of vaccination? You did here, when we had this rule.

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Mama Panda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And they wonder why there are so many stupid people walking around nowadays

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Nathaniel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is this 'Murica? Seriously though, what is with these overly violent police?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“I’d like to introduce my weapon into evidence.”

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Nathaniel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Weekly World News or whatever it is called? Spoof newspaper.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s not like 911 is busy with any other calls in Florida.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This guy must be busy cause it’s the same guys pic as the one who kidnapped a priest to make his dog immortal, lol!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For those who don't know, this is Nikolas Cruz. He was the sole gunman who killed 17 people and injured 15 others at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida USA on February 14, 2018. There is a youtube video of him sitting in the interrogation room trying to play off like he was psychologically damaged. Florida still has the death penalty and I believe he was trying to get off on an insanity plea. It obviously didn't work because he ended up pleading guilty to 34+ charges including 1st degree murder and 1st degree attempted murder.

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