5. In 2008 The BBC runs a video clip of flying
penguins as part of a story for its series
"Miracles of Evolution." The presenter explains
that the penguins escaped the cold, harsh
Antarctic weather by flying to the tropical
rainforests of South America.
6. On April Fool’s Day in 1989, billionaire Richard
Branson designed a hot air balloon to look like a
UFO and hired a dwarf in an E.T. costume to
come out and scare whoever was near it when it
landed.
7. On April Fool’s Day 1974, a man placed 70 tires
into the crater of a dormant volcano in Alaska and
set them on fire, terrifying nearby residents into
thinking the volcano was erupting again.
8. Each year on April Fool’s Day, James Randi gives
an award to expose frauds called the Pigasus
Award. People who get it, make Paranormal
frauds.
9. On April fools we celebrate birthday of twins
Fred and George Weasley – the red und very
funny characters from Harry Potte