famous lies
In the 1950s, Dutch television broadcast the news of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Macaroni Trees: The BBC broadcast a panoramic program in 1957 showing macaroni trees in Switzerland. The BBC reported that the pasta beetles that were destroying the produce had been eradicated. Many people contacted the BBC asking how they grow pasta trees. This event was actually filmed in the city of Saint Albenzangelis. .
Homecoming Lies: In 1985, the Los Angeles Weekly published an April Fools’ Day story that many people were fooled by.
Kermox: In 1984, he posted the first online joke saying that Usenet was available to users in the Soviet Union.
Alabama changes pi: In April 1998, the New Mexicans for Science and Reason published an article written by physicist Mark Boslug stating that the Alabama legislature had voted to change the constant pi. This event apparently first appeared in a story called Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein.
Assassination of Bill Gates: In 2003, many North Korean and Chinese websites claimed that CNN reported that Microsoft founder Bill Gates was assassinated as a result of a 1.5% drop in the Chinese stock market. (By the way, CNN was banned in China)
Water on Mars: In 2005, a news was published on NASA’s official website that showed water on Mars. These pictures were actually a glass of water on a chocolate called Mars (Mars Candy Bar), which means Mars.
Dead Fairy: In 2007, a hoaxer posted pictures on his website showing the corpse of an unknown 8-inch creature, said to be a mummified fairy. He finally sold Perry on eBay for €280!
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In 2008, the BBC broadcast a report of the discovery of a flying penguin in the Antarctic. In this report, a TV movie about penguins and their flight to the Amazon jungle was also broadcast.
Standard Time: In different countries, this joke is made that says the time system will change in some way, in which time units are mentioned based on powers of 10.
Gmail control with body movements: On April 1, 2011, Google introduced a new feature in its e-mail service, with the help of which, without using a mouse and keyboard, users can manage their e-mail and check their mails with the help of a webcam.
Google nose: On April 1, 2013, Google released a new feature called google nose, in fact, Google nose was supposed to create any smell through mobile phones and computers, and users would be able to smell it.
During the nuclear negotiations with Iran (2015) in Lausanne, Switzerland, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov announced the general agreement, which the news agencies called an April fool’s lie.
“On behalf of the Russian government, every foreigner who marries a Russian girl will be given 15 thousand US dollars and Russian citizenship.” It was a lie on April 1, 2016 that made many media and users work.
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