1957 - April Fool's Prank: The BBC announced that because of a mild winter in Switzerland, spaghetti trees were producing more spaghetti than normal. And they showed footage of people pulling strands of spaghetti off tree branches. People immediately started calling in asking how to grow their own spaghetti tree. So the BBC told them, quote, "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."
1985 - April Fool's Prank: "Sports Illustrated" claimed a rookie pitcher named Sidd Finch was planning to play for the Mets. They said he could throw 168 miles an hour, and that he trained at a monastery in Tibet.
1996 - April Fool's Prank: TACO BELL said they were buying the LIBERTY BELL and renaming it the "Taco Liberty Bell." Outrage ensued.
2000 - April Fool's Prank: A Romanian newspaper announced that dozens of prisoners would be released from prison. So their families showed up to take them home, only to find out it was all a joke. The newspaper later published an apology.
2009 - April Fool's Prank: FunnyOrDie.com devoted their ENTIRE website to REBA MCENTIRE . . . right down to renaming the front page Reba Or Die.
2010 - April Fool's Prank: BEN AND JERRY'S announced the world's first virtual ice cream. They claimed you could test the flavor of the ice cream just by licking your computer screen. If only this one were true . . .
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