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April Fools’ Day Hoaxes

Fidál (Grace), 12 Baha (Splendor), 165 B.E. – Tuesday, April 1, 2008 about 3:37 PM PDT

A list of the top 100 April Fools’ Day Hoaxes of All Time found at http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/P0/. Here are the first five, it’s just my way of celebrating April Fools’ Day. Some of these are funny and some are just plain weird.

The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest – Apparently, in 1975 spaghetti grew in tress in Switzerland.

Sidd Finch – In 1985 the Mets signed a new pitcher who could throw a ball at 168 mph. Mr. Finch learned his skill in a Tibetan monastery.

Instant Color TV – In 1962 in Sweden you could convert a black and white T.V. into a color T.V. by putting a nylon stocking over the screen.

The Taco Liberty Bell – In 1996 Taco Bell announced it bought the Liberty Bell.

San Serriffe – In 1997 a British Newspaper ran an article on the San Serriffe Islands in the Indian Ocean. Apparently these islands are shaped like semi-colons. The two main islands were called Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse, while the capital of these islands was Bodoni and their leader one General Pica.