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It’s a day late, but here’s an entertaining review of the Top Ten April Fool’s Hoaxes<\/a> of all time.<\/p>\n

(My personal favorite is the tale of the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest, though the travel supplement to the island of San Serriffe is pretty funny, too.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a day late, but here’s an entertaining review of the Top Ten April Fool’s Hoaxes of all time. 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