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."
10
In 1895 Hampshire police handed out the first ever speeding ticket, fining a man for doing 6mph!
505
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.
30
The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.
930
Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung!
411
Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.
334
Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
1k
There is a town in Pennsylvania named Intercourse.
794