In 1895 Hampshire police handed out the first ever speeding ticket, fining a man for doing 6mph!
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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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The inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.
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40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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