When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
31
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.
30
The U.S. has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does.
436
One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving.
424
Famous billionaire Howard Hughes stored his own urine in large bottles.
138
The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
29