The Onion: 20 Years Later

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20 years ago, The Onion predicted the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan
Is this The Onion's most overlooked prediction? Also, let's revisit Israeli-Palestinian ceasefires, Michael Moore, Teach for America and Jean Teasdale.
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20 years ago, Bin Laden wished America 'A Crappy Valentine's Day'
The Onion also covers the Super Bowl, PowerPoint, the Census Bureau, "love coupons" and the ban on cell phones during flight.
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20 years ago, The Onion mocked bird-flu alarmists
The Onion also covers leisure time, cell phones, the Golden Globes, Google, Jay-Z and the secret plot to destroy Tang.
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January 2025

20 years ago in The Onion, children were traumatized by Janet Jackson
We've got a gallery of children's drawings! Plus, crime scenes that used to be cool, failed political protests, copy editing novels, and much more.
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20 years ago, The Onion called for bulletproof sleeves
On Jan. 19, 2005, The Onion called for the creation of bulletproof sleeves. We also cover TV viewing habits, workplace flings, SCOTUS, Iraq and Maya…
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The Onion began 2005 by reviewing 2004's top stories
The Onion spotlights Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, the New York Yankees and more. Plus, a Jackie Harvey column!
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Preview: Revisiting The Onion's print issues from 2005
What to expect from our coverage of 2005, when The Onion truly went online, Facebook emerged and the monoculture fractured. Plus, 40 articles I'm…
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December 2024

20 years ago, The Onion ended 2004 with weed delivery
Plus, "The Phantom Of The Opera," privacy rights, Tom Hanks' latest movie, Scott Peterson, raspberry margaritas and much more.
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20 years ago, The Onion talked about genocide and homeless people
We also look back at Gen. Erwin Rommel, Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen, SpongeBob, "Desperate Housewives," steroids in baseball, high-school debate and more.
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20 years ago, The Onion was sponsored by the Toyota Tacoma
Plus, non-sponsored jokes about Wal-Mart, Scott Peterson, the Supreme Court, Bollywood and the merits of a child stuck in a well.
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20 years ago, The Onion talked about Donald Trump's casinos
Plus, Iraq gets a terror-alert system, Social Security is reformed, college kids love Adderall, Christina Applegate is cursed, and a very meta joke…
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November 2024

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