The greatest practical jokes of all time

To those who think that another rally at the hostel April 1, is something impressive, obviously there is something to strive for. In the history of the case of real grand raffles, organizers of which could mislead the entire world.

The greatest practical jokes of all time The greatest practical jokes of all time

1. BBC reported that Big Ben will get a digital display

In 1980, the BBC World Service reported that the famous London Big Ben will be equipped with a digital display, and the arrows of his old clock will be transferred to the first four people to call the studio. Most of the audience started ringing with angry protests in relation to such changes, and a Japanese sailor contacted with the studio directly from the ship in the middle of the ocean to get the arrow.

The greatest practical jokes of all time

2. Iceberg in Sydney Harbor

April 1, 1978 the inhabitants of the Australian Sydney were surprised to discover a giant iceberg floating right in the city's harbor. A few days before the draw local businessman Dick Smith announced that the iceberg was delivered straight from Antarctica. The audience was thrilled, and representatives of the Australian Navy Smith even offered assistance in berthing. The buzz continues as long as the rain and washed the water from a sheet of white plastic, of which actually consisted of "iceberg".

The greatest practical jokes of all time

4. The British news showed viewers that spaghetti grows on trees

3. Taco Bell buys Liberty Bell

April 1, 1996 American fast food company Taco Bell stunned Americans unusual advertising. The biggest news publications of the country, it was reported that the company has bought one of the symbols of American independence - the Liberty Bell (Liberty Bell), which will be on display at the headquarters of the Taco Bell, Irvine, California. Despite a flurry of indignant calls (including the assistants two US senators), the company has achieved its banal raffle - its sales have risen significantly.

4. The British news showed viewers that spaghetti grows on trees

In 1957, the British Channel Panorama showed a three-minute news clip about the harvest of spaghetti in Switzerland. Topic accompanied video, which has been shown as Swiss collected spaghetti tree branches. Hundreds of Britons, many of which are rarely eaten this Italian dish, began phoning the BBC, to ask how you can grow a tree with spaghetti yourself what the BBC said: "Simply place a sprig of spaghetti in a jar of tomato sauce and hope for the best."

The greatest practical jokes of all time

5. Students from Wisconsin moved the Statue of Liberty on Lake Mendota

Students Leon varya and Jim Mallon of the University of Wisconsin did a bold election promise to win the election in Wisconsin Students' Association in 1978. They have promised to carry the Statue of Liberty in a local lake Mendota. Two students won the elections in February 1979 fulfilled his promise by building three days of plywood, wire cloth, papier-mache and fabric upper part of the copy of the Statue of Liberty on a frozen lake.

6. Students at MIT have created a giant Tetris

Students at MIT in 1993 had the idea to turn the end of the 90-meter building Green Building on the campus of a giant Tetris. But only in 2012, they were finally able to turn his idea into reality. Using a sophisticated system of LED lights on the wireless, talented engineers converted the 153 windows of the building in the falling colored blocks that can control the players who are bottom of the podium.

The greatest practical jokes of all time

7. Fans Rugby Caltech

During the inter-university rugby championship in 1961, students at Caltech (in the US it is commonly abbreviated as Caltech) have changed cards, instructions from Washington team fans. As a result, instead of having to support your school, Washingtonians have put over their heads in the stands a huge word of Caltech.

The greatest practical jokes of all time

8. Nixon met again for president

In 1992, National Public Radio announced that Richard Nixon, who resigned in 1974 after the Watergate scandal, again announced his candidacy for president of the Republican Party. To confirm the radio in its history even scroll it Nixon (as it turned out, mounted), in which he stated: "I have never done anything wrong."

The greatest practical jokes of all time

9. The Swedish news channel viewers convinced that with the help of a stocking can be turned into a black and white television to color

April 1, 1962 Swedish broadcaster SVT has played the audience. "Technical expert" Kjell Stensson explained using scientific terms, that if to lend a pair of nylon stockings over TV, the light will be filtered in such a way that will allow viewers to see the broadcast in color. To "rendition was better," Stensson recommended viewers also move its head from side to side while watching TV.

The greatest practical jokes of all time

10. Article washed ashore in the Netherlands from Easter Island

March 29, 1962 on the beach near Zandvoort, Netherlands, statue from Easter Island was found. A few days later, on April 1, from Norway flew an expert to examine the figure, who said that this is indeed a genuine artifact from the South Pacific. The statue was put on public view in the city center. By the end of the day I found the creator of the sculpture, Dutch painter Edo van Tetterode, who admitted that he created "artifact" on the beach.

The greatest practical jokes of all time

11. In Alabama changed value of pi

Legislative Assembly of the State of Alabama "forever changed the mathematics, science and the world," saying in 1998 that the mathematical constant pi will now be 3, 0 instead of the usual 3, 14159. At least so say in the April Fool's press. Lawmakers from Alabama did not know about drawing as long until we started getting hundreds of calls to protests.