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* for list of pranks, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_April_Fools%27_Day_jokes | * for list of pranks, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_April_Fools%27_Day_jokes | ||
* see Geographic hoaxes below for fake volcano April Fools pranks | * see Geographic hoaxes below for fake volcano April Fools pranks | ||
=== Sid Finch Sports Illustrated hoax === | |||
* in its April 1, 1985 issue, Sports Illustrated rana story about a yoga-practicing baseball pitcher who could throw the ball 168 mph | |||
* named Hayden Siddhartha "Sidd" Finch | |||
** he was supposedly raised in an English orphanage and had gone to Tibet to study under a Buddhist monk | |||
** the story claimed that Finch chose not to play baseball and instead decided to "play the French horn or golf or something" | |||
* Finch was pictured throwing the ball in bare feet | |||
** the NY Mets participated in the hoax with players and coaches appearing with Finch | |||
* see [http://www.bostonbaseball.com/whitesox/baseball_extras/sidd.html The Curious Case of Sidd Finch (bostonbaseball.com)] | |||
=== Spaghetti trees hoax=== | |||
[[File:Sunny april morning spaghetti tree harvest (7036208493).jpg|thumb|Photograph of a woman harvesting spaghetti (California)]] | |||
* in 1957, a British BBV TV program ran a fake report on "spaghetti trees" in Switzerland | |||
* the report showed Swiss workers harvesting spaghetti from trees | |||
* others have copied the hoax, including in California | |||
== General hoaxes == | == General hoaxes == | ||