1 April Fools’ hoax of all time by the Museum of Hoaxes website – a fine source for all things foolish. Many credulous Britons were taken in, and why not? The story was on television – then a relatively new invention – and Auntie Beeb would never lie, would it? On April 1, 1957, the BBC TV show “Panorama” ran a segment about the Swiss spaghetti harvest, enjoying a “bumper year” thanks to mild weather and the elimination of the spaghetti weevil. Or, as Abraham Lincoln once observed, “Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.” Well, to get you prepared for April Fools’ Day, here are 10 of the best April Fools’ hoaxes in history. TikTok account howtohackittm made an April Fools prank video that saw them take delicious donuts and insert mayo and sriracha instead of cream and jelly. In 1996, the Venn diagrams of people that care about national landmarks and people that care about the latest iteration of Doritos Locos Taco intersected when Taco Bell pulled off one. Unaware of the media blitz, they spent their April Fools' Day reassuring. We’re all so much smarter now, aren’t we? The prank's real victims were hapless National Park Services employees manning the phones at the Liberty Bell. Oh, for the days when April Fools’ Day hoaxes and pranks could cause lines outside liquor stores or prompt people to smell their TVs or choke telephone lines with complaints to the National Park Service. ![]() A fast-food chain will combine a doughnut, a croissant and a 1986 Chevrolet Camaro and call it the “IROC ‘n’ Roll.” On Friday, Google will announce something like Google Googley Eyes, an offshoot of Google Glass that allows you to see everybody as a comic-strip character (complete with Comic Sans dialogue balloons). Although Burger King later announced the sandwich was a hoax, the restaurant said in a press release that thousands of customers had requested the sandwich at its restaurants.April Fools’ Day ain’t what it used to be. ![]()
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