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Inside This Issue
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Celebrating Earth Day and Honoring Our Home
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The Birth of the Coffee Break
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Taking Action Against Distracted Driving
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Scallops and Spring Vegetables With Olive‑Caper Pan Sauce
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Protective Pup Takes a Bullet for His Owner — And Survives!
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3 Amazing April Fools’ Day Pranks
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History’s Greatest Pranks APRIL FOOLS’ DAY’S GREATEST HITS
April Fools’ Day, celebrated on April 1 every year, is a day filled with laughter, jokes, and pranks played on friends, family members, and, sometimes, the public at large. Its origins are somewhat murky, with several theories about how this tradition began. Some historians trace it back to the transition from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar in 16th-century France under Charles IX. Before the switch, the new year was celebrated at the end of March, and with the change, those who continued to celebrate the new year during the old date were mockingly referred to as “April fools.” Another theory suggests that April Fools’ Day was tied to the vernal equinox, a day when people were fooled by the unpredictable weather. Regardless of its origins, April Fools’ Day has been celebrated for centuries across various cultures, each adding its unique twist to the practice of pranking. However, there are some pranks that have made history as the craziest and most memorable. The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest (1957)
spaghetti crop and showed footage of people harvesting noodles from trees. Many viewers were fooled, with many calling in to ask how to grow their own spaghetti trees. The Left-Handed Whopper (1998)
Burger King published a full-page advertisement in USA Today announcing the introduction of the “Left-Handed Whopper,” specially designed for left-handed Americans. This new burger
had the same ingredients as the original but rotated 180 degrees. Surprisingly, thousands fell for it, with some even
requesting the right-handed version.
The Flying Penguins (2008) The BBC struck again with a video report showcasing penguins that had evolved to fly. The
footage showed penguins taking flight from Antarctica and spending their winters in South America’s tropical rainforests. Many were enchanted by the idea, only to learn it
The British news program Panorama announced that Swiss farmers were experiencing a bumper
was a clever hoax for April Fools’ Day!
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