Disneyland bought Lenin's mummy and other jokes on April 1, which went down in history

April 1 in many countries celebrate the day of laughter, in honor of which they come up with the most incredible practical jokes. Today we present to your attention the most memorable of them that went down in history.

Left-handed Burger

On April 1, 1998, Burger King spoke about its incredible new product - woes for lefties. As the advertisement said, in this burger, the filling and bun are rotated 180 degrees. Surprisingly, not everyone understood the joke, and the visitors ordered the left-handed Wapper for a long time, while other guests basically requested the right one.

The Man Who Tricked The New York Times

In 1934, one of the German media published a story about a genius pilot who invented an individual aircraft. Even a photograph was attached to the article, in which the craftsman was dressed in a suit, skiing, and in his mouth held a pipe into which he blew and which, apparently, helped him fly. Many foreign magazines picked up the joke, and all the world media, including the New York Times, published materials about the successful test pilot. Of course, it was just an April Fools ’draw, no more.

Guinness Time

In 1998, the Guinness company was distinguished by a draw: its representatives said that they had become the sponsor of the Greenwich Observatory. They said that for a whole year the planet will live according to Guinness time, not Greenwich Mean Time. By the way, they even wrote about this in some reputable media outlets.

Discount for tattoo

On April 1, 1994, one of the US radio stations talked about the opportunity to get a 10% discount from Pepsi or Nike for life. To do this, you just need to ... fill a tattoo with a logo! The next day it was announced on the air that it was just a joke, however, a kilometer queue lined up for the tattoo masters, and several people even managed to make a drawing.

Lenin will buy Disneyland

In 1995, the Disneyland company encroached on the mummy of Lenin. The media said that the leader was bought by Disneyland and in connection with this a new attraction opens: the body will lie in an amusement park, and next to it will be the American president talking about the "evil empire." Of course, later I had to apologize for the joke.

UFO over London

British billionaire Richard Branson in 1989 opened a new airline. He wanted to make fun of the inhabitants of London and came up with a fun advertising company just in time for April 1: he will land in Hyde Park in a balloon in the form of an alien ship and will begin to sell tickets. However, things didn’t go according to plan: that day there was a strong wind that blew Branson to the other side. An unidentified flying object raised a real panic, dozens of people called the police and told that they had seen aliens.

Vodka in tea bags and chocolate with the taste of pickles

Drawings were not ignored by the Russian media. In 1994, on TV, they announced the creation of unique chocolates with Russian tastes. So, they planned to release sweets with the taste of lemon and pickles, as well as vodka in tea bags, which can be dissolved in water.

Penguins that flew south

In 2008, on the eve of April 1, the BBC Wonders of Evolution program was released. And there they talked about unique penguins who learned to fly and left Antarctica, having flown to the tropics of South America to bask in the sun.