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.Get Entry[edit]

The entry regarding '.Get' is potentially not April Fools related as the site has been around for quite sometime... Although there's only one entry in the mailing-list archives, it is dated in May of 2004, and the hostname has been registered since 2002... Just my thoughts.

--Kyrin\^talk 17:49, 2005 Apr 1 (UTC)

BBC Two broadcast a Timewatch documentary called The Great Wave, about a tsunami which struck the Bristol Channel on January 20 1607. Given the date I was suspicious of this one, although I have seen a couple of other references to the flood.... Lee M 04:13, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Can Google's hoax really be considered a hoax/april fool's joke? They left it there...so it wasn't really a prank it was just a new feature they added.

Edit: Nevermind, I wasn't reading ;)

Pope John Paul II[edit]

Why is his death listed under "Events mistaken as April Fool's Day hoaxes". Who would actually think him dying is an April fools joke. I find it hard to believe when his death was announed someone would actually think the Vatican would fake his death for an April fools joke.--Coasttocoast 02:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Major cleanup[edit]

Just a heads up (and for historical reference): this page used to contain a long list of hoaxes perpetrated on this day. In accordance to the style used in the other day pages (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), I trimmed those down and left only the actual news. Here's how the page looked immediately before the cleanup. --Waldir ^talk 22:56, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]