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April Fools Jokes’ Descriptions- Click Quiz - Statistics
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| The BBC World Service announced that London's iconic Big Ben clock tower would be given a digital facelift to keep up with the times, renaming it "Digital Dave." The broadcaster told listeners that the new monument would issue a five-minute news bulletin every night and replace its traditional bongs with beeps. Many listeners rang in to express outrage, with one spokesperson later noting that few people found the joke funny at the time. | Big Ben Goes Digital (1980) | 100%
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| Oliver "Porky" Bickar, a resident of Sitka, Alaska, spent years planning to make the town believe the nearby dormant volcano was erupting. On April 1st, he used a helicopter to drop 70 old tires into the crater and set them on fire. The resulting thick, black smoke caused panic in the town until the Coast Guard flew over and saw the flames surrounded by huge letters painted in the snow reading "APRIL FOOL". | Mount Edgecumbe Eruption (1974) | 100%
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| The BBC news program Panorama aired a three-minute segment showing a family in Ticino, Switzerland, "harvesting" spaghetti from trees, claiming a mild winter and the elimination of the "spaghetti weevil" had resulted in a record crop. At a time when pasta was not yet a staple in Britain, many viewers believed the report, calling in to ask how to grow their own spaghetti trees. The BBC diplomatically replied, "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best". | The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest (1957) | 100%
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| Taco Bell ran full-page advertisements in seven major U.S. newspapers announcing they had purchased the historic Liberty Bell in Philadelphia to help reduce the national debt. The ad stated the monument would be renamed the "Taco Liberty Bell" and relocated, causing outrage among citizens who contacted the National Park Service. The prank was revealed later that day, and Taco Bell donated $50,000 for the bell's care. | The Taco Liberty Bell (1996) | 100%
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| As one of the oldest recorded pranks, invitations were circulated in London on April 1st inviting citizens to the Tower of London to witness the annual ceremony of washing the lions. Shoals of people flocked to the Tower only to realize it was a complete fabrication, yet the hoax was so successful it was repeated multiple times throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. | The Washing of the Lions (1698) | 86%
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