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The 1957 “Spaghetti-Grows-on-Trees” Hoax


In 1957, the BBC program Panorama aired one of the first televised April Fools’ Day hoaxes. Above, you can watch a faux news report from Switzerland narrated by respected BBC journalist Richard Dimbleby. Here's the basic premise:

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