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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There is a village in Ireland called Muff, and they have their own diving club.
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One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving.
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McDonald's did away with its spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons.
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Students at the John Hopkins University collaboratively decided to opt out of their final since the professor set his curve based on the highest score grading it as 100%. They chose to receive a score of zero, making it the highest grade and thereby getting 100%.
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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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Most people who read the word 'yawning' will yawn!
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