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Greatest April Fools’ prank of all time? The story of the BBC’s ‘spaghetti trees’

(NEXSTAR) – For the most part, TV audiences today couldn’t be convinced that spaghetti grows on trees. But in 1957, plenty of viewers were eating it up. Described as “the most successful April Fools’ ...
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April Fools' Day: What are its origins?

Pranks, jokes and hoaxes are all part of the April Fools' Day tradition.How did it get started? No one really knows for sure.Calendar changeSome historians speculate it dates all the way back to 1582.
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Greatest April Fools’ prank of all time? The story of the BBC’s ‘spaghetti trees’

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – For the most part, TV audiences ...