April Fool's Pranks?

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  • NikkiA0

    Since we just had April Fools Day, and the requisite <a title="The Top 10 April Fools pranks ever (Pt. 2)" href="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2010/03/31/top-10-april-fools-pranks/ ">April Fools pranks</a>, people wonder what some of the high profile ones that occured were, and there were some gems. The BBC ran a story that there were spaghetti trees in Switzerland, and lots of people went for it, and they also ran a documentary about flying penguins, starring Terry Jones, which should are a tip off. Then there was sports writer George Plimpton's article about Sydd Finch, an American baseball player that had been raised in China and threw a 168 mph fastball and was debuting as a rookie for the Mets.

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