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Happy April Fools Day

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From: photosoffood.co.uk

Over the years there have been a number of classic April Fool`s Day Hoaxes, here are a few to make you chuckle: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest 1957: The respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC diplomatically replied, “place a ... Read Full Story

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April Fools Day or All Saints Day

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From: babyboomeradvisorclub.com

Browse > Home / Featured / April Fools Day or All Saints Day April 1, 2009 April Fools’ Day or All Fools’ Day , is one of the most light hearted days of the year. Its origins are uncertain. Some see it as a celebration related to the turn of the seasons, while others believe it stems from the adoption of a new calendar. April Fools Day Facts According to Wikipedia : April Fools Day April Fools’ Day or All Fools’ Day, although not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1st. The day is ... Read Full Story

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Taco Liberty Bell Tops Our List Of Greatest April Fool’s Pranks

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From: guanabee.com

Happy April Fool’s Day! This shit is seriously our least favorite day of the entire year. For 24 hours, we sit, tense and annoyed, wondering whether someone is going to apply plastic wrap to our toilet or try to convince us that we have a long-lost twin or… something. There are, however, a few well-constructed pranks that rise above the rubble. Check out some of our favorites: 1. Taco Liberty Bell In 1996, Taco Bell inspired a wave of angry phone calls to the National Historic Park in Philadelphia when it announced that it had bought the Liberty Bell with the intent of renaming ... Read Full Story

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History of April Fools Day

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From: www.manolith.com

The history of April Fools Day has been argued and debated since the beginning of time. Actually, only since 1582. That was the year King Charles IX of France, decided to change the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.That basically meant instead of having the new year start on April 1st, it would start on January 1st. At the time, it was difficult to inform everyone about this drastic change in the calendar. Those who didn’t believe in the date change were supposedly considered “April Fools.” Thus claiming April 1st as the day of fools. Apparently, these April Fools were always the butt of ... Read Full Story

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food :: spaghetti that grows on trees

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From: poppypetunia.blogspot.com

Spaghetti - it's what's for our dinner tonight. I'll pick some spaghetti off of our Swiss Spaghetti Tree and then probably do some kind of meat sauce. My trick is to doctor up a jar of canned sauce with a can of whole tomatoes, some olive oil sauteed peppers and onions, some fresh sage, red pepper flakes and a handful of parmesan cheese. Then I throw in the meat (usually chicken or browned ground beef). No one knows that I didn't slave all day over the stove to make the "home made sauce" but me . And no one I know really reads this ... Read Full Story

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NEWS: VIDEO: Tauntaun sleeping bag up for pre-order

April fools joke now actually on sale We knew it was coming, and now it's here. The awesome Tauntaun sleeping bag, which began its life as an April Fools Joke, is available for pre-order on ThinkGeek's website. The site says: "after exhaustive movie viewing research and analysis?ThinkGeek Labs?has isolated the exact synthetic compounds needed to re-create Tauntaun fur". "This high-quality sleeping bag looks just like a...

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