Was this 1957 spaghetti tree hoax the most elaborate April Fool's prank ever?
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Was this 1957 spaghetti tree hoax the most elaborate April Fool's prank ever?
It's true the public was significantly more straightforward back in the day. But this 1957 episode is actually far more telling about the iron-clad hold the media had over public perception versus the current scenario.
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The Spaghetti-Tree Hoax aired on the BBC in 1957 on April Fool’s Day and fooled countless viewers into thinking spaghetti was grown on trees. #tvshow | Joey Engelman
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Is this the best April Fools' ever? 🎣 The spaghetti-tree hoax was a three-minute hoax report broadcast on April Fools' Day 1957 by the BBC current-affairs programme Panorama, purportedly showing a family in southern Switzerland 🇨🇭harvesting spaghetti from the family "spaghetti tree". More: https://fcld.ly/toq57kk ©BBC | About Switzerland
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