Any good April Fools jokes out there? (lemmy.world)

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Are there any good April Fools jokes today? For example, a few years ago Google announced a sewage based ISP (i.e. flush some fiber optic cable down the toilet and they would fish it out and connect it).

The only one I have come across is IGN article about the Nintendo Virtual Boy Pro.

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[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

https://youtu.be/tVo_wkxH9dU

Context: BBC broadcast this on April 1st, 1957. A lot of people fell for it, seeking advice on growing spaghetti trees on their own. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti-tree_hoax

[-] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

At the time spaghetti was relatively unknown in the UK, so many British people were unaware that it is made from wheat flour and water.

Spaghetti was unknown in the UK in 1957? My spaghetti history is woefully inadequate. The American school system failed me.

[-] Daze@kbin.social 9 points 8 months ago

The real prank was the American education system all along 🥲

[-] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

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