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BBC News reader Maryam Moshiri explained how that unfortunate middle finger happened and it made people love it even more

This magnificent BBC News fail finally gave us something in the news to smile about – all our favourite reactions here

This Mark Watson gig suffered a most unfortunate pre-show fail and his fabulous response went wildly viral

This attempt to be funny on Tinder ended up a proper car crash

The ‘delivery instructions’ for these AirPods didn’t quite go as planned and Specsavers had the perfect final word

This F1 fan accidentally wandering into shot might be today’s funniest 5 seconds of telly

This BBC News presenter lost the ‘blue moon’ clip so she did this and it will never be eclipsed

Greg James shared this BBC local radio DJ’s most unfortunate gaffe and we didn’t see it coming

The fabulously ill-judged sign on this most unfortunate water cooler has just gone viral again and it’s one for the ages

The hilarious comedy noises made by this unfortunate buggy crash are next level perfection

This guy’s epic fail attempting to surprise his wife took it to a whole new level of magnificence

This BBC News man’s comedy gaffe is today’s funniest and loveliest brain fade

This is why you shouldn’t launch your expensive drone on a busy road

This cop using a kids’ slide went wildly viral and it’s a salutary lesson for us all (wait for it!)

This ill-fated roller skating attempt was already funny … and then comes the payoff (sound up!)