Satire Facts

There is actually a superhero called “normalman.” He was the only person without superpowers on a planet full of superheroes.

Kim Jong Un was voted Most Sexiest Man Alive by The Onion and ended up as real news in China.

Critic Michael Crowley gave such a poor review of author Michael Crichton's novel 'State of Fear' that, in his next book 'Next,' Crichton created a character named 'Mick Crowley' who was a child molester with a small penis.

The Chinese city of Chongqing created a 50-meter dedicated pavement lane for mobile phone users in 2014—though it was meant as a satirical reminder of the dangers of texting while walking, not serious infrastructure.

Penn & Teller created "Desert Bus" for their unreleased 1995 Sega CD game "Smoke and Mirrors" as a satirical response to critics of violent video games. The game requires you to drive a bus from Tucson to Las Vegas in real time—8 hours of nothing but straight desert highway—earning just 1 point upon completion.

In Poland, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has just been granted permission to register as a religion.