The Worst April Fools' Day Pranks: A Round-Up

If you got taken in by an April Fool's Day prank don't be embarrassed, it turns out we're hardwired to be gullible. According to experts, the human brain has evolved to sometimes override our clear sensory perceptions of the world around us meaning 

April Fools' Day might be the worst day to work at a college newspaper. No one notices your half-hearted gags about the university president using a selfie stick, and if students do pay attention, it might be because they're outraged. The University of

One lucky motorist picked up a new £25,000 BMW after following up on an April Fool's joke that turned out to be a double-bluff. A car dealership placed an ad offering a 1 Series to the first person who turned up at the dealership with the newspaper and

The announcement was one of two April Fool's Day pranks produced by Tesla on Wednesday. The other included a video promoting a new self-driving car that helps owners of its Model S vehicles to evade traffic and parking tickets. A spokeswoman for the 

It's dead and the real-time Web is holding the knife. A few days ago we were throwing ideas around, trying to come up with a wacky product to announce or silly conspiracy theory to report as our annual April Fools' Day joke.