April Fools’ Day

1957: The year the BBC aired an April Fools’ Day show on the Swiss harvesting spaghetti from trees

5th and 12th: Dates in April 1979 that the British government decided to cancel, according to London’s Capital Radio

2000: Number of freshwater sharks to be released into three northern Michigan lakes, according to a 1981 newspaper report

1,000: Number of people who went to Montgomery Field, a tiny San Diego airport, to see a space shuttle land in 1993

24 hours: Length of time the Internet was to be shut down for cleaning, according to a widely circulated e-mail in April 1997


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