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Archive of the Absurd

Archive of the Absurd

Because stupidity deserves documentation.

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Archive of the Absurd

Archive of the Absurd

Because stupidity deserves documentation.

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Glowing brain floating above operating table illustrating brain activity under anaesthesia
  • Strange But True
  • Technology

Brain activity under anaesthesia proves your unconscious mind is an absolute busybody

aota-admin4 weeks ago04 mins

Brain activity under anaesthesia turns out to be suspiciously productive, raising the alarming possibility that your unconscious mind has better focus than you do.

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A royal-looking woman celebrating Kate's royal escape on a mountain peak
  • British Buffoonery
  • Celebrities

Kate’s Royal Escape: Princess of Wales Climbs Mountains Just to Get Away From Her Family

aota-admin4 weeks ago04 mins

Kate’s royal escape involved three mountains, zero children, and the blessed silence of a Gore-Tex-swathed Scottish hillside.

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Frazzled manager overwhelmed by weird employee complaints at chaotic office desk
  • British Buffoonery
  • Strange But True
  • Weird World

Weird Employee Complaints That Made Managers Question Everything

aota-admin4 weeks ago04 mins

Weird employee complaints have reached new heights, and frankly, some of these managers deserve medals, therapy, or both.

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Man warming home by burning £10 notes for fuel in a living room stove
  • British Buffoonery

Burning £10 Notes Cheapest Fuel Source, Confirms Study Nobody Asked For

aota-admin4 weeks ago04 mins

Burning £10 notes for fuel is officially cheaper than petrol, in news that will surprise absolutely no one who has recently visited a petrol station.

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A penguin mascot defending an old computer representing Mageia 10 Linux 32-bit
  • Strange But True
  • Technology

Mageia 10 Linux Refuses to Die: The Plucky Distro Keeping 32-bit PCs on Life Support

aota-admin4 weeks ago04 mins

Mageia 10 Linux 32-bit support means your wheezing 2003 desktop can still feel relevant, which is more than can be said for most of us.

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Confused tourists stranded outside Alpine hotel after luxury holiday scam
  • Crimes of Stupidity
  • Weird World

$30,000 Holiday Scam Leaves Families Stranded in the Alps With Nothing But a Fake French Accent

aota-admin4 weeks ago04 mins

A luxury holiday scam left families stranded in the Alps after their ‘travel agent’ turned out to speak absolutely zero French, despite claiming otherwise.

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Official blocking Venezuela earthquake rescue workers on a rubble-strewn road
  • Weird World

Venezuela earthquake rescue chaos: officials blocking helpers while people are buried alive

aota-admin4 weeks ago05 mins

Venezuela earthquake rescue chaos hit new heights as bureaucrats demanded paperwork before anyone could dig survivors out of the rubble. Priorities.

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NASA rover examining a mysterious Mars structure found on the red planet surface
  • Paranormal
  • Strange But True

Mars Structure Found: NASA Rover Discovers Something Peculiar and Nobody Is Calm About It

aota-admin4 weeks ago04 mins

A Mars structure found by NASA’s rover has humanity one blurry JPEG away from rewriting the entire history of civilisation, probably.

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Elderly person holding a glittery fake pill, illustrating how fake pills improve memory
  • Strange But True
  • Weird World

Fake pills actually work — and you knowing they’re fake doesn’t matter one jot

aota-admin4 weeks ago04 mins

Fake pills improve memory in older adults, say Italian researchers, which raises serious questions about every supplement you’ve ever panic-bought.

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Large brown bear sitting in passenger seat of a pickup truck
  • Animal Antics
  • Only in America

Bear in passenger seat hijacks Colorado man’s truck for impromptu snack tour

aota-admin4 weeks ago04 mins

A Colorado man discovered a bear in the passenger seat of his truck, which is frankly a better co-pilot than most people’s exes.

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