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#3: Planetary Alignment Decreases Gravityĭuring an interview on BBC Radio 2, on the morning of April 1, 1976, the British astronomer Patrick Moore announced that an extraordinary astronomical event was about to occur. Simultaneously, according to the press release, “many others requested their own ‘right handed’ version.” The following day Burger King issued a follow-up release revealing that although the Left-Handed Whopper was a hoax, thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to request the new sandwich. According to the advertisement, the new whopper included the same ingredients as the original Whopper (lettuce, tomato, hamburger patty, etc.), but all the condiments were rotated 180 degrees for the benefit of their left-handed customers.

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However, there were many critics who did realize it was a joke, but nevertheless felt it was in bad taste.īurger King published a full page advertisement in the April 1st edition of USA Today announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a “Left-Handed Whopper” specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. Some of the people who called the Park Service or Taco Bell did not realize the announcement was a joke.

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It was the property of the City of Philadelphia.Īt noon on April 1st, Taco Bell issued a second press release in which they confessed to the hoax, describing it as “The Best Joke of the Day.” The company also announced that it would donate $50,000 for the upkeep of the Liberty Bell.Įven the White House got in on the joke that same day when press secretary Mike McCurry told reporters that, as part of its ongoing privatization efforts “We’ll be doing a series of these. In fact, the Bell could not have been sold by the federal government, as the ad implied, because the federal government did not own the Bell. It’s not for sale,” a spokeswoman announced. The Philadelphia branch of the National Park Service arranged a mid-morning news conference to assure the public that the Bell had not been sold. We have just been getting hammered with phone calls from the public.”Īmong those who called were staff aides from the offices of Sens. Elaine Sevy, a Park Service spokeswoman, was quoted as saying, “We were shocked. Thousands of worried citizens called both Taco Bell’s headquarters and the National Park Service in Philadelphia to find out if the Bell had really been sold. Taco Bell’s announcement generated an enormous response. Taco Bell argued that it was simply “going one step further by purchasing one of the country’s greatest historic treasures.” The company boasted, “Taco Bell’s heritage and imagery have revolved around the symbolism of the bell. It compared the purchase to the adoption of highways by corporations. In a separate press release, Taco Bell explained that the Liberty Bell would divide its time between Philadelphia and the Taco Bell headquarters in Irvine. While some may find this controversial, we hope our move will prompt other corporations to take similar action to do their part to reduce the country’s debt.

It will now be called the “Taco Liberty Bell” and will still be accessible to the American public for viewing. In an effort to help the national debt, Taco Bell is pleased to announce that we have agreed to purchase the Liberty Bell, one of our country’s most historic treasures. On Apa full page ad appeared in six major American newspapers ( The Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, and USA Today) announcing that the fast food chain Taco Bell had purchased the Liberty Bell. Happy April Fool’s Day! this is a great opportunity to pull a fast one on your friends and family! Here are 5 of the craziest April Fool’s Day pranks.

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