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Statens Naturhistoriske Museum released a handout photo
which featured a mermaid skeleton placed on the rock, where Denmark’s
famous “little Mermaid” statue sits. It is listed as the best April Fool’s hoaxes
ever created.
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2/8
The Case of the interfering Brassieres – 1982: A story about
a local manufacturer was published by the Daily Mail. The story claimed that
the Manufacturer had sold 10,000 “rogue bras that could produce static
electricity.
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3/8
The 26-Day Marathon – 1981: The Daily Mail published a story
about a Japanese long-distance runner, Kimo Nakajimi. The story said that
Nakajimi participated in the London Marathon but, on account of a translation
error, he thought that he had to run for 26 days, not 26 miles.
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4/8
Man Flies By Own Lung Power – 1934: American Newspapers
published a photograph of a man flying through the air by means of a device
powered only by the breath of his lungs. But no newspaper realized that it was
joke.
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Metric Time – 1975: An Australian news program claimed that
the country would soon be converted to “metric time.” According to the new
system there would be 100 seconds to the minutes, 100 minutes to the hour, and
20-hour days.
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