In 1974, prankster Porky Bickar was so into April Fools, he flew hundreds of tires into a dormant volcano in Alaska and set them on fire - fooling the local populace and coast guard into thinking the volcano was active.
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The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.
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In response to the moral panic surrounding violent video games, Penn & Teller released “Desert Bus,” for the Sega Cd. In the game you drive a bus from Tuscon to Las Vegas in a straight line for 8 hours.
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Kampang School in northeastern Thailand is the first school to open a toilet for transvestite pupils.
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The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!
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In 2012, a Chinese gamer's father was so concerned about his son's habit, he hired virtual hitmen to kill off his avatar.
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