Historical April Fool's Prank (BBC Spaghetti Harvest, 1957) 

@adeptomega ... that, that right there is the perfect hook.

If this had been a Look Around You episode, I'd have loved it.

This was the BBC, and while I can sit back and laugh at the idea that anybody would be fooled into thinking spaghetti grew on trees... I live in a world in which people cite the Onion straight in legal briefs and the footnotes of government bills.

I wish I lived in a world in which I felt like we could afford AFD.

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