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April fools! The fake joke stories that duped Britain

For centuries, 1 April has been a day of pranks, revelry and hoaxes. Even national newspapers have been known to get in on the action – as seen in these three snippets...

In 1994, now-defunct British newspaper ran a story about a newly-discovered flying rabbit. Supposedly only

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