Never heard of that website before...
http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/08/29/the-onion-greatest-headlines/In August of 1988, two college juniors named Tim Keck and Christopher Johnson founded a satirical newspaper. They called their creation The Onion, published it for about a year, then sold it for $16,000 likely never dreaming that it would grow into one of the comedy worlds most venerable institutions.
25 years later, the paper has become a national juggernaut one that shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.