Fool's events on April Fool's Day

The Queen of England plays her own uncle.

1 991April1Sunday, The Independent reported that a 65-year-old Welsh farmer was the illegitimate child of George V, the grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II, in other words, he had the right to inherit the British throne. The report titled "The Queen's Throne is Threatened" describes the farmer's life story in an orderly way, and claims that the legal heir to the throne has filed a lawsuit with the local court to reclaim his right to inherit the throne. Later, people suddenly realized that this was an April Fool's joke.

Mona Lisa's frown

199 1 The Independent reported that an art group discovered an amazing secret while wiping the famous painting Mona Lisa. After brushing away the dust in the painting, the woman who swept the world with "mysterious smile" frowned.

Nixon's comeback

1992 April Fool's Day, American Public Radio reported that former President Nixon, who stepped down because of Watergate Incident, announced his comeback to compete for the presidency. The program also broadcast a "Nixon" speech, announced his comeback, and said that "nothing was missed." After the program was broadcast, the audience reacted strongly and called the radio to protest. The host told the truth: In fact, Nixon's speech was just a comedian's performance.

Split Belgium

1992, on April Fool's Day this year, The Times of London used a big page to report the news that Belgium would be split in two. According to the newspaper, the Dutch-speaking part in northern Belgium will be merged into the Netherlands, and the French-speaking part in the south will be merged into France. The report was very serious, accompanied by detailed sectional drawings, and even fooled the then British Foreign Secretary. He also said that he was going to be interviewed on TV to discuss this "important issue".

Separate telephone calls for men and women

1993 Germans who are famous for their seriousness and rationality also played jokes on April Fool's Day. Sudkurier, a local German newspaper, said that a new telephone system is being introduced, and men and women will use different telephones because "women occupy the telephone for too long".

No "surfing the Internet after drinking"

1994, the famous computer magazine "PC Computing" published an article saying that the US Congress will pass a bill to regard online drinking as "illegal" and drunk driving; In addition, it is illegal to talk about "sex" on the Internet.

Disney bought Lenin's body.

1995 The Irish Times reported that Disney was discussing with the Russian government the purchase of Lenin's body. According to the newspaper, Disney suggested that Lenin's body be moved from Moscow's Red Square to Disneyland in Europe for tourists to visit, where "Lenin shirts" will also be sold. The newspaper also analyzed that European Disneyland can attract a large number of tourists and get out of the predicament.

Jupiter discovers life.

1996 the internet, which was still a new media, soon joined the ranks of producers of "April fool's day" fake news. 1 April 9961day, the first news that AOL users saw after logging in was that a government official revealed that life had been found on Jupiter. According to the report, the US government has mastered the evidence of Jupiter's existence, but kept the news secret. AOL CEO and a well-known biologist came forward to confirm the reliability of this news. After the news went online, the number of posts reached 1300, and people called the relevant government departments to inquire about relevant information.

Cars emit ultrasonic waves to drive away animals.

1997 BMW announced that it has developed a new type of car, which can emit an ultrasonic wave to drive away animals on the road, thus reducing and avoiding traffic accidents.

"Guinness Time" replaced "Greenwich Mean Time"

1On March 30th, 998, Guinness Beer, a famous Irish beer company, announced that it had reached an agreement with Greenwich Observatory, and it would become a sponsor of the Millennium activities of the Observatory. In exchange, from 1998 to 1999, Guinness Time will replace Greenwich Mean Time.

Britain changed the national anthem.

1999 BBC Radio 4 reported that the British national anthem "God Save the Queen" will be replaced by the European Union's "Unified National Anthem" and sung in German. This "Unified National Anthem" used Beethoven's music, and the BBC also broadcast a version sung by British primary school students, claiming that Prince Charles' office also called the radio station to ask for the audio and video tapes of this song.

Free car

In 2000, Esquire, a famous American men's magazine, introduced a new car company named Freewheels to readers, saying that the company was going to promote free cars to the public, and the bodies of these cars would be covered with advertisements, from which Freewheels' income would come.

"blue sky" is no longer

200 1 the British "post" released a message, and the sky gradually became gloomy, not as blue as before. The newspaper said that this conclusion came from a five-year study. In this study, a special digital camera was used to analyze the colors in the sky, and the conclusion was that the blue pigment in the sky decreased from 9.3% in 1996 to 6.9% in 200 1 year.

False alcohol restriction order

In 2002, Thailand's Bangkok Post reported that the Interior Minister Pracha, who spared no effort to advocate healthy living, issued a new regulation restricting drinkers to buy only two glasses of wine in bars every night. Customers must ask the waiter to stamp the wine, and those who have two stamps in their hands cannot continue to buy wine. At the same time, the government is also considering issuing a new smart ID card, which can record the number of times people buy alcohol. When selling wine in a bar, the customer's ID card must be registered at the counter to check whether the customer exceeds the limit on the instrument.

Bush declared Vista illegal.

In 2007, US President George W. Bush signed a decree saying that Microsoft's new operating system Vista was too complicated and threatened national security, so it was ruled illegal. A worried American senator said, "The color and startup sound of Vista have changed greatly, which is really too complicated."

Bill Gates unfortunately became a "fool"

On April 1 2002, two comedy announcers of a French radio station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada decided to find a "more difficult guy" on April Fool's Day, so they called Microsoft headquarters and claimed to be the staff of the Canadian Prime Minister's Office, and asked Gates to answer Premier Chretien's phone. Surprisingly, Gates's assistant easily got through to the boss without verifying the identity of the other party. As a result, the two "swindlers" pretended to be Chretien and had a 10 minute telephone conversation with Gates. The topic is wild and unconstrained, from economy to Windows XP, which is very speculative. Finally, "Chretien" invited Gates to visit Canada when he was free, and Gates readily accepted.

The Japan Times made fun of Koizumi.

Also on April Fool's Day in 2002, Japan Times played a joke with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. In the funny page, the newspaper ridiculed Koizumi's lion head hairstyle and said: "The Japanese government will take a series of' moderate measures' to stimulate the economy, including listing the popular Disney cartoon The Lion King as an' important cultural asset' ... Prime Minister Koizumi's hair looks like a lion's hair and is often sought after."

The SARS panic on April Fool's Day in Hong Kong

Many people want to play a joke on everyone on April Fool's Day, but sometimes the joke is too big, but it will backfire.

In 2003, during the spread of SARS in Hong Kong, a middle school student in Hong Kong made a fake news on his website by modifying the webpage format of Ming Pao News, saying that due to the spread of SARS in Hong Kong, it was necessary to declare Hong Kong an epidemic area, and the main roads of land, sea and air traffic were immediately closed. In addition, it was also reported that Tung Chee-hwa, then Chief Executive of Hong Kong, resigned as a member of the Central Committee for failing to properly handle the epidemic. This April Fool's joke was originally sent to his classmates through ICQ, but some students believed it and spread the link to others, which quickly spread on the Internet, causing public panic and rushing to the supermarket to snap up food. The Hong Kong government immediately held a press conference to refute the rumor, arrested the students concerned and charged them with "publishing false news about SARS knowing it was an epidemic". (It is reported that Zhang Jianbo, the editor-in-chief of Ming Pao, called to warn the rumor boy. )

Leslie Cheung's suicide-the most heartbreaking joke on April Fool's Day.

On April 1 2003, Leslie Cheung, a famous Hong Kong singer and actor, committed suicide by jumping off a building in Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The death occurred on April Fool's Day. Although the news was widely circulated on the Internet, it was once considered as an impossible prank. It was not until the major media (TV news and radio news) reported that the news was true (unlike foreign media, Hong Kong media would not make fake news on April Fool's Day), which immediately shocked the music scene, the music scene and Chinese in Hong Kong and even everywhere. Many people said it was unbelievable. Everyone remembers that Leslie Cheung's brother was together.

The most famous joke-BBC: spaghetti tree harvest

In the distant 1957, British BBC TV broadcasted such a news on April 1 Sunday. Thanks to the mild winter just past and the effective control of noodle tree pests, a farmer in southern Switzerland enjoyed a bumper harvest of spaghetti. In the picture, a woman carefully picked spaghetti from a tree and dried it in the sun.

Because Italian food was not common in Britain at that time, many British people didn't know that spaghetti was made of wheat flour. Hundreds of calls were made to the BBC. Some people pointed out that the news was wrong, some people were puzzled, and some even asked how to grow their own spaghetti trees. This can be regarded as the earliest example that TV media joined the ranks of April Fool's Day on April 1 Sunday. Many years later, CNN articles also commented that this was the biggest joke in history.

The funniest joke-the change of ownership of Disney at MIT

1 April, 9981day, the home page of MIT released an explosive news that Warner Disney Company would buy this prestigious school by setting up a scholarship trust fund of $6.9 billion. In the news photo, a pair of Mickey's big ears are installed on the famous dome of MIT, and the campus will be moved to Disney Park in Orlando, Florida, and renamed Disney Institute of Technology.

Obviously, under MIT's consistent spoof style, the campus public has long been harmless and calm, but the fact is that students hacked into the school server and replaced the original webpage with fake news.

The most painful joke-Franklin Institute: Tomorrow will be the end of the world.

On March 3rd1,1940, researcher Franklin announced that tomorrow will be the end of the world. The news was broadcast by a radio station. Astronomers at the Franklin Institute in Pennsylvania have confirmed that the world will be destroyed at 3pm Eastern Time tomorrow. This is not an April Fool's joke. The news has been confirmed by the person in charge of the Fels Planetarium in this city.

The panic immediately began to spread, and a large number of telephone calls flooded into the local authorities. It was not until the Franklin Institute came forward to clarify that the panic slowly subsided. The initiator of the incident was William Castries, a reporter for The Researcher. His original purpose was just to do "What will the end of the world look like?" Sadly, the school expelled Castries for this. Festivals are risky, so be careful when joking.

The friendliest joke -BBC: Flying Penguin

In 2008, the BBC film crew filmed the natural history series Miracle of Evolution near the South Pole, telling the story of flying Adelie penguins. The video of this flying penguin has become one of the most watched videos on the Internet. Commentator terry jones explained that these penguins did not crowd together to endure the cold in winter, but flew thousands of miles away to the tropical rain forest in South America to enjoy the warm tropical sunshine.

Such a loving April Fool's joke is quite confusing. As a professional media, BBC finally deciphered how they made the special effects of flying penguins, which were actually animations.

The most practical joke-your shoelaces are loose

This joke has been widely used since ancient times. 95% feasible. It is quite suitable for people in daily life.

April Fool's Day: Fooled our Internet bosses in recent years.

Internet bigwigs at home and abroad who have fooled us over the years have said big words-of course, many of them are business strategies and language for the future, and we can't make a one-size-fits-all moral judgment. But it also reminds us: never be superstitious about authority and take the words of the big boss as truth. They also like "fools".