Top 10 April Fools' Day Pranks of All Time: Which Is Your Favorite?
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2011/04/01 11:00:00
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The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
This April Fools' prank happened quite a while ago -- in 1957. The well-respected BBC show "Panorama" reported that due to a very mild winter, Swiss peasants were experiencing an odd spaghetti crop growing on trees.
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The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
This April Fools' prank happened quite a while ago -- in 1957. The well-respected BBC show "Panorama" reported that due to a very mild winter, Swiss peasants were experiencing an odd spaghetti crop growing on trees.
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Flying Penguins
The BBC really likes their April Fools' pranks. In 2008, one presenter said he discovered something magical in Antarctica: flying penguins. The spoof video is quite believable, too.
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Left-Handed Whopper
In 1998, Burger King introduced the left-handed Whopper. In a full-page newspaper ad, the company said that it had finally created a Whopper specifically designed for lefties. Very cute, BK.
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Big Ben Goes Digital
In 1980, the BBC (again!) reported that Big Ben’s famous analog face would soon be replaced with a digital one. Many people were outraged -- but not for long.
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YouTube Rickrolls Entire World
Rickrolling hit the big time when YouTube made every featured video on their website a link to the Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” music video. Well done, Internets.
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Alex Trebek and Pat Sajak Switch Places
In 1997, the game show hosts decided to do the ol' switcheroo and host one another's game shows. Trebek appeared on "Wheel of Fortune" while Sajak hit up the "Jeopardy" studio. Very clever, kiddos.
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Google MentalPlex
In 2000, Google started its first annual hoax by introducing MentalPlex, the new search engine that gave you results through reading your mind. And we thought their motto was "Don't Be Evil"...
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Taco Liberty Bell
In 1996, the fast-food chain put out an ad in several newspapers saying that it had purchased the Liberty Bell and was to rename it the "Taco Liberty Bell." Funny one, guys.
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Sidd Finch
Sports Illustrated writer George Plimpton was feeling mighty imaginative when he made up baseball superstar Sidd Finch in a 1985 article, writing that he could pitch at a speed of 168 mph. Crazy talk.
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Alabama Changes Value of Pi
Who knew Alabama had a sense of humor? The state legislature decided to pull a fast one on the rest of the U.S. when it announced that it was going to change the value of pi from 3.14 to 3.
Top 10 April Fools' Day Pranks of All Time: Which Is Your Favorite?
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April Fools pranks make us happy.
And what better way to honor this great day of hoaxes, pranks and spoofs than to list the 10 very best April Fools pranks of all time.
Whether being pranked by a fast-food chain or a well-respected news source, the general public has proven to be quite gullible on April 1.
So sit back and enjoy the prank-tastic ride -- and try not to be duped this year.
And what better way to honor this great day of hoaxes, pranks and spoofs than to list the 10 very best April Fools pranks of all time.
Whether being pranked by a fast-food chain or a well-respected news source, the general public has proven to be quite gullible on April 1.
So sit back and enjoy the prank-tastic ride -- and try not to be duped this year.
Top Opinion
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Dark Demonic™ ★ The Origina... 2011/04/01 23:30:48Flying penguins
+4I wonder how many people recognised that the presenter of that clip was Terry Jones from Monty Python. :o)
Bush jokes make me laugh :)
1976: The British astronomer Patrick Moore announced on BBC Radio 2 that at 9:47 AM a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event was going to occur that listeners could experience in their very own homes. The planet Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, temporarily causing a gravitational alignment that would counteract and lessen the Earth's own gravity. Moore told his listeners that if they jumped in the air at the exact moment that this planetary alignment occurred, they would experience a strange floating sensation. When 9:47 AM arrived, BBC2 began to receive hundreds of phone calls from listeners claiming to have felt the sensation. One woman even reported that she and her eleven friends had risen from their chairs and floated around the room.
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