In 1974, prankster Porky Bickar was so into April Fools, he flew hundreds of tires into a dormant volcano in Alaska and set them on fire - fooling the local populace and coast guard into thinking the volcano was active.
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On April Fool's Day in 1977, the UK newspaper The Guardian ran a 7 page feature on the discovery of the fictitious island nation of "San Seriffe."
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Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.
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The average person spends three years of his or her life on a toilet.
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In 2012, a squirrel in Fareham, UK got its head trapped in a decorative Halloween skull and scared the crap out of the neighbours.
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Britney Spears’ music is used by the British Navy to scare off Somali pirates.
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