Is laughter the best medicine? 2024 had more than its fair share of weird news stories. What can they tell us about the modern world?
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Review of the year: funniest moments
Is laughter the best medicine? 2024 had more than its fair share of weird news stories. What can they tell us about the modern world?
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There were floods, fires, wars and upsets. But sometimes, we need to look at the lighter side of life.
Here are four of the funniest stories of 2024:
1. Bananas businessman. Justin Sun paid £4.9m for a banana - and then ate it. It was not just any banana - it was a banana stuck to a wall with duct tape, or an example of "modern art".
2. DIY divorce. Model Suellen Carey married - and then divorcedWhen a marriage is officially ended and two people separate. - herself. She said she found herself difficult to live with.
3. Name-change campaign. Dustin Ebey did not want to vote for either Joe BidenThe president of the USA, elected in 2020. or Donald TrumpAn American television personality who became US president from 2016 to 2020, and will become president again in January 2025. to be the next US presidentIn some countries, the leader is called the president.. So he decided to enter himself, changing his name to Literally Anybody Else.
4. Unbalanced bot. A postal-delivery robot in South KoreaAn East Asian nation on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, it shares one of the world's most heavily militarised borders with North Korea. South Korea has a population of about 52 million. tumbled down a staircase. Some people claim that the bot was suffering from overwork.
Is laughter the best medicine?
Yes! The world is such a crazy place that the only way we can deal with it is by trying to see the funny side.
No! The world today is no laughing matter. We need to take our problems seriously, or else we will not be able to find answers.
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Divorced - When a marriage is officially ended and two people separate.
Joe Biden - The president of the USA, elected in 2020.
Donald Trump - An American television personality who became US president from 2016 to 2020, and will become president again in January 2025.
President - In some countries, the leader is called the president.
South Korea - An East Asian nation on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, it shares one of the world's most heavily militarised borders with North Korea. South Korea has a population of about 52 million.
Review of the year: funniest moments
Ridiculous realities: Amid war, climate disaster and political strife, 2024 also saw a man eating a £5m banana, a woman divorce herself and a robot which caused its own ruin. Glossary
Divorced - When a marriage is officially ended and two people separate.
Joe Biden - The president of the USA, elected in 2020.
Donald Trump - An American television personality who became US president from 2016 to 2020, and will become president again in January 2025.
President - In some countries, the leader is called the president.
South Korea - An East Asian nation on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, it shares one of the world’s most heavily militarised borders with North Korea. South Korea has a population of about 52 million.