Top 5 Pranks of All-Time
From a Swiss “spaghetti harvest” to a drink designed by Google to make you more intelligent, these pranks went above and beyond.
1. Pasta grows on trees. On April 1, 1957, the BBC ran a segment about the Swiss spaghetti harvest enjoying a “bumper year” thanks to mild weather and the elimination of the spaghetti weevil.
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2. Left-handed toilet paper. Why should right-handers be closer to cleanliness? In 2015, Cottonelle tweeted that it was introducing left-handed toilet paper for all those southpaws out there.
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3. Big Ben goes digital. In 1980, the BBC’s overseas service said the iconic clock tower was getting a digital update. The joke did not go over well, and the BBC apologized.
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4. The Space Needle falls down. In 1989, a Seattle comedy show went on the air and said the city’s Space Needle had fallen down. It even had pictures. The news was a joke, of course, but that was little comfort to 700 panicky callers alarmed by the story.
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5. Google Gulp. In 2005, Google said it was branching out with a new drink: Google Gulp. It would help “to achieve maximum optimization of your soon-to-be-grateful cerebral cortex.”
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