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🧅🌐 The Onion has been making the news absurd for decades. Founded as a college newspaper in 1988, it launched online in 1996, bringing its ridiculous headlines, stories & snark to the web. 30 years later, it’s still going strong. Explore web history ➡️ web.archive.org 🧵

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As an archivist, this Onion story from 2006 has always been a favorite. The white gloves, the ultraviolet imaging line, and “Here is a history writ large, with little yellow golf pencils" really put it over the top. Well played, @theonion.com. theonion.com/dennys-comme...

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