35 Unconventional News Stories That Scream “Only In America”

The land of the free, or America, as it’s commonly known, is a nation prone to surprising global audiences. As a first-world country and a world superpower , the United States of America naturally commands the world’s attention, be it through politics, pop culture or its people.

However, some of the more absurd news stories coming out of that part of the world seem to reinforce the theory that Americans in general seem to have a rather unrealistic approach to life. This shock-value culture is supported by an eclectic mix of races whose bizarre and unpredictable actions continue to provide an unmatched level of entertainment to audiences worldwide. The “ Only in America ” Instagram account is a community dedicated to finding the most unserious news stories related to the USA posted online, where “the jokes write themselves”. The headlines often sound unrealistic, defy logic, and read like clickbait titles rather than current affairs articles, as you can judge for yourself from the gallery below.

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Shanilou Perera

Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.