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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The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.
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In 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The starting price was $0.01 AUD and managed to reach $3000 before eBay closed the auction.
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The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
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Critic Michael Crowley gave such a poor review of one of author Michael Crichton's books that, in his next book, Crichton made a character 'Mick Crowley' who was a child molester with a small penis.
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Most people who read the word 'yawning' will yawn!
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Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung!
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