30 funny examples of irony in real life

The site where Julius Caesar was murdered in 44 BC is now a no-kill animal shelter for homeless cats.

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone but refused to keep one in his study. He feared it would distract him from his work.

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According to researchers, duct tape should never be used for sealing ducts.

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The first man to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel died after slipping on an orange peel.

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The condition of not being able to pronounce the letter R is called… “rhotacism.”

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Cotton buds, which are usually bought primarily to clean inside your ears, are sold in boxes that expressly warn: “Do not insert inside the ear canal.”

Bill Hillman, a bullfighting enthusiast, wrote a book called How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona, all about how to avoid being gored by bulls. Three weeks after the release of the book, he was gored by a bull.

In 2011, the winners of an elementary school spelling bee in Utah received a trophy reading “Viewmont Spellling Bee, 1st Place.” Quite the example of irony—not only that the trophy contained a misspelling, but that it was the word “spelling.”