Yancey

Unofficial Member of the South Dakota Hype Council •|•
Columbia University '15

[Yancey @kroneisl]

Woo! That's it! Another #AprilFact Day in the books. Back to your regular life of lies and deceit!

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Remember back in 2016 when there was a burst of evil clown sightings across the country? It spooked the police of Greenville so badly that they reminded civilians that it is against the law in South Carolina for anybody over the age of 18 to dress up as a clown #AprilFact

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Back in the good ol' days before they all started falling out of the sky, an early test flight of the Boeing 787 lasted for 19 hours, during which time the pilot flew a path drawing "787" and the Boeing logo #AprilFact

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In the 70s, John Wojtowicz plotted a robbery based in part on scenes in The Godfather featuring Al Pacino, who, in turn, starred as John in Dog Day Afternoon, a film based on that real-life robbery. It's like a big Hollywood-felony feedback loop. #AprilFact

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While Americans were busy bailing out such boring groups like automobiles and banks, in 2008 the Italians faced a far more dire threat, paying out roughly $50 million to save the Parmesan industry. #GrazieDio #AprilFact

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Years before they began selling products with screens made of the most fragile glass on the planet, support engineers for the 1980 Apple III desktop instructed users to "lift the computer two inches and drop it" as a solution for display problems #AprilFact

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The Serbian government runs public health campaigns about the dangers of firing guns in celebration, which would have been helpful in 2003 when gunfire from wedding attendees downed a small aircraft flying overhead #AprilFact #TooMuchGunFun

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In case you were wondering, our planet is home to giant, 6ft long carnivorous otters that prowl the Amazon Rainforest in packs constantly seeking out their next victim #AprilFact

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During WW2, the US actively encouraged farmers to grow as much hemp as possible to support the war efforts with the Dept of Ag releasing a 13min video titled "Hemp for Victory" (https://t.co/NhvtFTPz9Q), which they denied for years before copies reemerged in the 1970s #AprilFact

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In 2007, 14 of the most squirrelly-looking squirrels gathered near a nuclear enrichment plant in Iran were suspected of espionage; fortunately the army was able to apprehend all 14 "before they were able to take any action." #AprilFact

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Networks in Australia - home to some of the planet's deadliest spiders - banned a 2004 episode of Peppa Pig where a scared Peppa is told that spiders "can't hurt you," because it gave children the "inappropriate" idea that spiders were harmless #AprilFact

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If modern art confuses you, don't worry. In 1961, the MoMA displayed "La Bateau" by Henri Matisse but mistakenly hung it upside down for over 40 days before a museum-goer noticed #AprilFact

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"Procrastinate" comes from Latin meaning "to put off until tomorrow," but those ever-industrious Latin speakers also coined "perendinate," which means "to put off until the day after tomorrow" #AprilFact

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A 2012 study predicted a 4ft rise of sea level along the North Carolina coast over the 100 yrs. Not one to be done in by pesky scientists, the legislature passed a law banning the consideration of studies when planning new developments along the coast #AprilFact

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After North Korea was eliminated from the 2010 World Cup, the team was subjected to a six-hour public inquiry with their coach fired and forced to become a builder, which seems like pretty ok punishment by North Korean standards after a 7-0 loss to Portugal #AprilFact

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Outdoor enthusiast Dylan McWilliams was given three really good reasons to be less enthusiastic about the outdoors when he was bitten by a shark, a bear, and a snake between 2015 and 2018 #AprilFact

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@JoeBobGeis the deed is done

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Will Ferrell starred in a 2012 Super Bowl commercial for Old Milwaukee that aired only in North Platte, NE, the second-smallest media market in the entire country #AprilFact https://t.co/wuswpfzxnp

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@JoeBobGeis OOPS

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In a case study of fragile masculinity, when Marlboro began selling filtered cigarettes in the 1940s, they were viewed as "too feminine," leading the company to create their rugged Marlboro Man mascot in 1949 in an attempt to man-ify those filters #AprilFact