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The Onion: 20 Years Later

Reviewing The Onion from exactly 20 years ago to laugh, see what holds up and revisit cultural references we forgot about.

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Revisiting The Onion’s jokes about "Snakes on a Plane," the Unabomber and more

Jokes about "Snakes on a Plane," the Unabomber, Brett Favre, Randy Johnson, Matthew McConaughey, ESPN's credibility, dogs in purses and much more.

"Kitten Thinks Of Nothing But Murder All Day" was 20 years ago

Plus, Cocaine writes a column! And jokes about the Gates Foundation, Styx, Jessica Simpson, Jim Belushi and AOL

The Onion gave Bush presidential clones In August 2006

Plus, the terror plot that still restricts liquids on planes today, Troy Aikman, the X-Games, Babe Ruth and more.

20 years ago, The Onion introduced a 9/11 conspiracy theory

Plus, Stan Kelly forgives Mel Gibson, and jokes about Condoleezza Rice, Middle East terrorism economics and much more

Every athlete cheats: The Onion warned us in August 2006

Also, jokes about Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic views, Fidel Castro, Derek Jeter, Nick Saban, Uma Thurman and more

The Onion gave Bush even more power 20 years ago

Plus, new print features! And jokes about Joe Biden, Ken Lay, the 787 Dreamliner, meat, nonprofits

The origin story of Stan Kelly, cartoonist for The Onion

Stan Kelly has been The Onion's editorial cartoonist for 20 years. But who is he?

The Onion joked about Tiger, A-Rod, stem cells and more 20 years ago

Plus, jokes about Tiger Woods, A-Rod, the Tour de France, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, the "living wage," President Bush and more

20 years ago, The Onion introduced cartoonist Stan Kelly

Plus, Wikipedia celebrates 750 years of American independence, and jokes about Iraq, birds flying into glass, office politics and more

Reviewing The Onion's web-only jokes: July 19-25, 2006

Baseball! Baseball! Baseball! Plus, Skip Bayless, nukes on the moon, the Big Dig and President Bush on race relations