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=== Volcanos === | === Volcanos === | ||
* April's Fool volcano prank: | * April's Fool volcano prank: | ||
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/the-greatest-april-fools-day-prank-of-all-time-took-four-years-to-plan-and-involved-a-volcano/ | ** on April 1, 1974, pranksters climbed atop the dormant 3002 ft high volcano, Mt. Edgecumbe, near Sitka, Alaska | ||
** a helicopter had dropped off old tires, kerosene, smoke bombs and rags, which the pranksters lit and threw into the crater | |||
** a Coast Guard helicopter was dispatched to observe the eruption and instead saw a man standing by spray-painted show reading, "APRIL FOOL." | |||
** see https://www.iflscience.com/environment/the-greatest-april-fools-day-prank-of-all-time-took-four-years-to-plan-and-involved-a-volcano/ Greatest April Fools Day Prank of All Time (iflscience.com)] | |||
=== Rocks === | === Rocks === | ||