Some worldshaking news from the beginning of the month


	Some worldshaking news from the beginning of the month
Rasmus
4-4-2008 8:26 AM
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Rasmus says:
Picth and foolth tell the truth.
Proverb
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4-4-2008 3:30 PM
carrerinyes
The spagetti harvest looks good this year
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Or does it? The photographer admitted that the image was actually created using a plywood model built by aeronautical engineering students." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,30258,00.html">Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9Mg_3_3,00.html" href="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9Mg_3_3,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.spiegel.de</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9Mg_3_3,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spiegel.de/img/B34BBC58-9843-4D56-822A-0FF2143A56B4" alt="The BBC pulled off a famous April Fools' Day hoax in 1957 with a documentary about the annual spaghetti harvest in Switzerland.
Women were shown harvesting strands of spaghetti from trees and laying them in the sun to dry as the narrator explained that a mild winter and elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil had farmers hoping for a bumper crop.
Many viewers called the BBC, wondering where they could purchase a spaghetti tree. "Place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope fo" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9Mg_3_3,00.html">annual spaghetti harvest in Switzerland</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9Mw_3_3,00.html" href="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9Mw_3_3,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.spiegel.de</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9Mw_3_3,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spiegel.de/img/0E3483EF-9068-44ED-81C4-CF16CAD1D972" alt="The endless digits of pi were cut short by an April Fool's Day prank in 1998. In the April edition of their newsletter that year, a group called New Mexicans for Science and Reason published a phony story announcing that Alabama lawmakers had officially shortened pi to three rather than 3.14.
The story received unintended attention from media outlets outside the United States, until the Associated Press exposed the hoax in a story the following day. " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9Mw_3_3,00.html">Alabama lawmakers had officially shortened pi to three rather than 3.14.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9NA_3_3,00.html" href="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9NA_3_3,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.spiegel.de</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9NA_3_3,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spiegel.de/img/F9B657E4-C0E2-4595-84C9-4F1872F5002A" alt="More than one memorable hoax went off in 1998. Burger King took out a full-page ad in USA Today on April 1 of that year, announcing a new left-handed Whopper. The supposedly retooled burger claimed to have the condiments rotated 180 degrees, redistributing its weight and making it easier for lefties to hold. "It's the ultimate 'Have It Your Way' for our left-handed customers," proclaimed a press release announcing the stunt. Customers flooded BK restaurants asking for the new Whoppers -- some ev" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9NA_3_3,00.html">announcing a new left-handed Whopper. 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In 1977 The Guardian informed readers in a seven page special about the discovery of a group of islands, San Serriffe. Located in the Indian Ocean and shaped like a semi colon, Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse were ruled by General Pica from the capital Bodoni, the paper stated. Only a handful of readers noticed that all the words were in fact printer's terminology. The success of The Guardian hoax inspired British tabloids to come up with th" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9Ng_3_3,00.html">The Guardian informed readers in a seven page special about the discovery of a group of islands, San Serriffe. Located in the Indian Ocean and shaped like a semi colon, Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse were ruled by General Pica from the capital Bodoni</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9Nw_3_3,00.html" href="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9Nw_3_3,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.spiegel.de</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9Nw_3_3,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spiegel.de/img/D392F4F7-9D8B-497A-8B00-D7DF0F4D6F1B" alt="Fido-Proof: It's not only journalists who are game for a laugh. In 1998 Deutsche Post put out a press release to say it had come up with an innovative solution to an age old problem: From now on, it said, all its 100,000 postmen and women would be armed with a sausage to defend themselves against dog attacks.  " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9Nw_3_3,00.html">100,000 postmen and women would be armed with a sausage to defend themselves against dog attacks</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9OA_3_3,00.html" href="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9OA_3_3,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.spiegel.de</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9OA_3_3,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spiegel.de/img/DC9A0B4F-5AB1-418A-A48C-21D522D2F6C6" alt="Open Wide: This dentist needed a steady hand not to irritate her somewhat unusual patient. Of course, readers who thought the woman was really pulling a lion's tooth were, in fact, having their leg pulled: The picture is a photo montage." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9OA_3_3,00.html">pulling a lion's tooth</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9OQ_3_3,00.html" href="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9OQ_3_3,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.spiegel.de</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9OQ_3_3,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spiegel.de/img/F2A19D52-9604-46CF-96A4-871A780B7A1E" alt="Austrian Accession: Become Austrian for one day? You must be joking. In 2005 the municipality of Kiefersfelden, in the German state of Bavaria, decided to attach itself to the neighboring country of Austria. To celebrate the accession the town threw a "Welcome-to-Austria-Fest." But before residents started protesting too loudly, it was revealed that it was nothing more than a joke. " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9OQ_3_3,00.html">Kiefersfelden, in the German state of Bavaria, decided to attach itself to the neighboring country of Austria.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9MTA_3,00.html" href="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9MTA_3,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.spiegel.de</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9MTA_3,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spiegel.de/img/F8C8DB71-D4AE-4855-A9C0-8892685C73CF" alt="White Elephant: In 1948 wildlife filmmaker Bernhard Grzimek fooled the press and public by announcing a mythical white elephant from Burma would be on display in Frankfurt Zoo on its way to Copenhagen. Unfortunately, the animal was merely a standard example of its species that had been covered in chalk. Pictured here are zoo keepers giving a 54-year-old elephant in Cologne Zoo the same treatment for the making of "Grzimek -- a German Legend." " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MzAyNTgmbnI9MTA_3,00.html">white elephant</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A5439838-EC96-4D07-A38A-F8BB755C6074/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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