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We all love a good joke especially on April Fools day so I’ve put together some of the best pranks of all time but I’d love to know what April Fools jokes you’ve ever played or had done to you?

Top April Fools Day Pranks:

1. Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
   On April Fools Day in 1957 Panorama aired footage of Swiss Spaghetti Farmers picking spaghetti from trees. The fake footage was aired as a joke, but viewers called in to find out how they could grow their own spaghetti trees. Instead of coming clean, the BBC replied, “place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.”
2. YouYube Rickrolls Everyone 
   All over the internet links were being posted that claimed to be something else, but actually lead to the music video for RIck Astley’s hit Never Gonna Give You Up. This act was known as Rickrolling and YouTube took it to a whole other level on April Fool’s Day 2008. YouTube made every featured video on their site a link to RIck Astley’s famously cheesy music video.
3. Man Runs 26 Day Marathon
   The Daily Mail reported that a Japanese man had entered the 1981 London Marathon and due to a mistranslation thought he had to run for 26 days, not miles. A man was spotted running outside of London and wouldn’t stop when people tried to get his attention. The whole story turned out to be a hoax and the man that people saw was just another piece to the elaborate prank by The Daily Mail.
4. Left-Handed Whopper
   The April 1st 1998 edition of the USA Today featured a full page ad by Burger King announcing the creation of their latest twist on their most popular sandwich, The Left Handed Whopper. The ad stated that the condiments on the burger were rotated 180 degrees for easier consumption by people who were left handed. The following day Burger King released a press release that confirmed that the Left-Handed Whopper was not real and that thousands of people went into various Burger Kings asking for both left and right-handed Whoppers.
5. Whistling Carrots
   Tesco ran an ad in The Sun that announced that they had developed genetically modified carrots that grew with tapered air holes in their sides. When the carrot was fully cooked the carrot would use these air holes and whistle. Unfortunately for many disappointed customers, Tesco made the whole thing up, but most likely sold more carrots than usual.
6. Google: Mentalplex
   The first time Google pulled a prank was for April Fool’s Day in 2000. Google announced it’s new Mentalplex Technology which claimed to be able to read a user’s mind so they didn’t have to enter their search query. A person using Mentalplex would have to stare at a revolving shape and then would be treated to a Google Results page for April Fool’s Day.
7. BBC’s Flying Penguins
   The Daily Mirror and Telegraph both believed a documentary about flying penguins on the BBC was true. Even with ex-Monty Python, Terry Jones presenting the documentary didn’t give the game away.

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Have a great day; we hope you only have good surprises today!