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The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest hoax (BBC: April 1, 1957)

Above is probably the most classic April Fool's Day hoax of all time. On April 1st, 1957 the BBC ran a short programme about a bumper spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland, showing spaghetti growing on trees. Many people believed the programme and phoned in to ask how they could grow their own "spaghetti tree".
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