The annual April Fool's Day is coming soon, and some little villains will start playing tricks again. Every April Fool's Day is full of laughter, because Fools can also be called the Day of Humor or the Day of All Fools. April Fools' Day is celebrated every year on April 1st of the Gregorian calendar. This holiday became popular in the Western world as early as the 19th century, but it has not been recognized as a legal holiday by any country. During this day, people deceive and tease each other in various ways, often revealing the joke at the end and declaring the person being teased to be a "fool". So do you know what April Fool’s Day jokes have been made in history? Today I will take stock of them with you.
1. 1991: Mona Lisa’s Frown
The British “Independent” reported that an art team discovered a surprising secret while cleaning the famous painting “Mona Lisa” , after removing the dust from the painting, the woman who was popular all over the world with her "mysterious smile" actually frowned
2. 1992: Partition of Belgium
In this year On April Fool's Day, the Times of London used a large page to report the news that Belgium would be split into two. The newspaper said the Dutch-speaking northern part of Belgium would be annexed to the Netherlands and the French-speaking southern part to France. The report was so serious that it even included a detailed map of the divisions, which actually fooled the British Foreign Minister at the time. He also expressed his readiness to accept a TV interview to discuss this "important issue"
3.1992: Nixon's comeback
American Public Radio reported that former President Nixon, who stepped down due to the "Watergate Incident", has announced his comeback to compete for the presidential throne. The program also broadcast a "Nixon" speech, announcing his comeback and saying that he "never did anything wrong." After the program was broadcast, the audience responded strongly and called the radio station one after another, and the host finally revealed the truth. : In fact, Nixon's speech was just a comedian's performance
4. 1995: The Queen of England turned up as a biological uncle
On April 1, 1995, the British "Independent" reported that there was an uncle from that year The 69-year-old Welsh farmer is the grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II and the illegitimate son of George V. In other words, he has the right to inherit the British throne. This report called the farmer "the Queen's throne is threatened" He described his life experience clearly and said that the legal heir to the throne had filed a lawsuit with the local court to regain his right to inherit the throne.
5. Color television
< p> It was April Fool's Day 1962. At that time, there was only one TV channel in Sweden, and it was in black and white.The technicians of the TV station said in the news that day that color TV has been successfully developed, and users only need to take a pair of nylon socks to cover the TV screen
6. Biology was discovered on Jupiter
In that year The Internet, which is still an emerging media, soon joined the ranks of producers of "April Fool's Day" fake news. On April 1 of that year, the first news users of "America Online" saw after logging in was: A government official revealed, Biological life has been discovered on Jupiter. The report stated that the U.S. government had obtained evidence of biological life on Jupiter, but kept the news secret. The CEO of "AOL" and a well-known biologist came forward to confirm the reliability of the news. , after this news went online, there were more than 1,300 comments, and people called the relevant government departments to inquire about the news.
7. The mysterious island country of San Serriffe
April Fool’s Day, 1977, UK The Guardian published a seven-page supplement, all of which introduced San Serriffe, a small island country in the Indian Ocean. It is said that there are several semicolon-shaped islands there. The article exaggerated the customs and folk customs here, and introduced its The city and capital, and even the name of the president, it is said that on the day the newspaper was published, the phone number in the Guardian editorial office was overwhelmed by readers. Everyone wanted to know where such a wonderful resort was. Only a few people noticed that the name of the capital, Bodoni, was a printing term. , is the name of a printing font
8. Free Cars
The famous American men's magazine "Esquire" introduced readers to a new car company called "Freewheels" company, saying that the company is preparing to promote free cars to the public. The bodies of these cars will be covered with advertisements. The revenue of "Free Wheels" comes from these advertisements
9. "Blue Sky" No More
p>The British "Post" announced that the sky is gradually becoming eclipsed and no longer as blue as before. The newspaper said the conclusion came from a five-year study. This study said that the blue pigment in the sky dropped from 9.3% in 1996 to 6.1% in 2001
10. Pigeon Rank
Google has a famous Page Rank Page ranking, and they launched Pigeon Rank on April Fool's Day in 2002. This is a patented technology that relies on pigeons to sort web pages. The pigeons are well-trained and have strong web page identification capabilities. They have a strong ability to identify web pages on the Internet. Sort pages