10 BIGGEST April Fools Pranks in History
April Fools is that one day of the year that people and businesses from all around the
world are understandably allowed to cause a bit of mischieve at the expense of others.
And with even business, government and the media deciding they'll have a slice of the
pranking pie - the limits of which these april fools pranks can go is pretty non-existant.
In this video, I scoured the web for some of the biggest and most epic april fools pranks
and jokes in history - including pranks from some of the biggest businesses, the most respected
news outlets and even some from some of the most prominent politians of the time.
So sit tight and let's get into it.
Number 10 Red Downing Street
In 2006, on April Fool's day, the Daily Mail reported that Tony Blair - of whom was the
British prime minister of the time, had a "literal incredible break with decades of
tradition" and had decided to replace the door of 10 Downing Street with that of a red
door, as to be "socialist red".
The Daily Mail even included a script of what had gone on, stating that onlookers looked
on open-mouthed as they saw workmen carry the red door along Downing Street before heaving
it into place and attaching it.
Ironically, the design consultant was called April Fewell - an name that sounds eerily
similar to April Fools and so the mask of the practical joke easily slipped but not
before the Mail had a good chuckle at the thought of Number 10's door being painted
a socialist red.
Number 9 US ban on Comic Sans
In 2015, the Texas General Land Office - a state agency for the US State of Texas that
manages lands and mineral rights, announced an agencywide ban on the use of the font Comic
Sans in all agency documents and correspondence, stating that
"As land commissioner, I am committed to making the GLO a technological leader in state government.
While this unrefined font is appropriate for early childhood instruction in our Texas schools,
the use of Comic Sans is not befitting when conducting business on key matters concerning
the state of Texas.
Comic Sans has no place at an agency positioning itself as a technological pioneer."
The announcement then finished off with them offering font recommendations of Helvetica,
Times New Roman or even Arial.
Despite the attempt, the press, knowing it was most likely an April Fools refused to
report on it.
Number 8 Russian President's Nuclear-Proof Limousine
We all know that a nuke has enough power to wipe out a city the size of London, whilst
leaving severe implications for those further afield.
To survive such a feat you'd need to be in a very deep bunker that somehow has incredible
blast protection, but despite that - on 31st March 2009, The Moscow Times revealed details
of an new limousine to be used to transport the president.
It was said to be so strong that a T-72 tank could drive over it, that it could withstand
a rocket-propelled grenade, that its wheels would automatically turn into caterpillar
tracks when going over rough terrain and that the occupants of the car could survive a small
nuclear attack - but only if the wind was blowing in a certain direction.
With the press and the worlds media clamouring to find out more, a Kremlin offical announced
that questions could be asked but only on April 1st - revealing the truth behind the
story, that is was truly an april fool.
Number 7 UFO Landing in London
On March 31st 1989, motorists and pedestrians outside of London saw a strange glowing flying
object above them descending upon what looked to be the city.
As the object slowly descended, many cars pulled up at the side of the road to take
photos and videos whilst other called the police to warm of the imminent invasion.
The army was soon alerted and TV and radio stations were both flooded with reports of
the eery glowing object in the sky.
After a while of hot pursuit police chase, the object finally landed in a field somewhere
outside of London and police surrounded the object - leaving one lone officer to approach
the aircraft.
As the officer approached the craft, the door opened and a small figure appeared dressed
in a silver suit - it turned out to be a dwarf, a human dwarf.
A sigh of relief could be heard as the officers soon discovered it was an eleborate prank
by billionaire Richard Branson who had hoped to land the craft in London's Hyde Park on
April 1st - but unfortunately, the wind had blown him off course.
Number 6 Vicious butterfly attacks hit the world
On March 29th 2010, two videos from two different uploaders hit the web showing butterflies
swarm and attack two different men.
These two videos soon accumulated many thousands of views and were picked up worldwide by various
different media sources and fact checkers who tried to proclaim how butterflies were
nothing but innocent, but the whole thing was about to get a whole lot bigger.
Later in the day after the videos were released, Qualcomm came out with an emergency press
conference announcing that the increase in vicious butterfly attacks was caused by the
victims stealing stolen prototypes of mirasol display devices.
Mirasol display devices, of which were said to have mimicked the reflection of light off
butterfly wings triggered the aggression amongst wild butterflies.
However, the april fools joke didn't run for long, as many people could see how the ad
had used terrible CGI and how the swarm of butterflies was highly unrealistic.
Number 5 Penguins can fly?
One day before April Fools in 2008, the BBC announced that camera crews filming a series
near the Antarctic had captured footage of penguins taking to the air in flight, offering
up a video clip of these majestic things flying for great distances in a massive group.
The BBCs presenter, Terry Jones, announced in the video that these penguins were able
to fly thousands of miles to the rainforests of South America where they were able to "spend
the winter basking in the tropical sun."
A later video, uploaded on April Fools day itself showed how the team had created the
flying penguins with CGI and owning up to their innocent prank.
Number 4 The French bomb Germany
On April fools day 1915, the french newspaper Geneva Tribune reported that a French aviator
plane flying over a German camp dropped what looked like a huge bomb.
The germans who had looked up at the plane ahead saw the item dropping and ran for cover
from the bomb, but no explosion came about.
After a little while of speculation, the soldiers snuck back out and approached the bomb.
They soon found out that the bomb wasn't exactly that, but instead a large football which had
a note tied to it reading "April Fool!"
Number 3 The Mummified Fairy
Back in March 2007, a man called Dan Baines posted on his website some images of a fairy
looking winged creature that had been found in Derbyshire, England by a man walking his
dog.
As a self-proclaimed paranormal expert, Dan was apparently sent the strange being to investigate
and speculated that it most likely was indeed a mummified fairy.
The fairy soon went viral, with thousands of people visiting his website to check out
the images.
But as the day of April 1st dwindled on, Baines admitted it was all a hoax - a model, or prop
that he had created himself.
Even though he came out and exposed it as a simple april fool, many still believe it
was real and that the truth is still out there.
Number 2 Britain's weather machine
On April Fools day 1981, The Guardian reported that a group of scientists at a research lab
in Pershore had developed a machine to control the weather.
With this weather machine, it was said that they plan to fix it so that Britain will have
long summers and that rainfall will only happen at night with the weather on the continent
having whatever is chosen to send it.
They also announced that people could rest assured that it will snow every Christmas
in Britain.
The proof of such machine was a few blurry black and white photos in the Guardian newspaper,
but unfortunately - it was all a prank.
Number 1 The Iceberg in Sydney Harbor
On the morning of April 1 1978, a boat towing a huge iceberg pulled into the harbor by millionaire
businessman Mr Smith.
Mr Smith, of whom had for years promised to tow an iceberg from Antarctica into the harbor
had looked like he had finally pulled it off - albeit on the morning of April Fools - but
could it be?
Phonecalls went through to radio stations and newspapers, with many people asking "What's
that pulling up in the harbor?" - the entire city rushed to the seafront to see the huge
white spectacule appear from over the horizon.
But as it pulled it, it began to rain and it was revealed to be a white plastic sheet
covered in firefighting foam and shaving cream - a hoax, if you will.
Many were outraged at being punked, but Mr Smith insisted his time and money was well
spend for the amount of publicity it generated - cementing him as the first man to tow an
iceberg to Sydney - even if it was one that was fake.
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