1998年愚人节：New Mexicans科学技术杂志宣称阿拉巴马州要立法改变圆周率pi的值，很快这事被传上网，通过电子邮件传遍全世界。阿拉巴马立法机构因此接到无数抗议电话。
如果咱说要正式实行高中文理不分科，不知道抗议电话会有多少？
The Left-Handed Whopper
左撇子大汉堡
1998: Burger King published a full page advertisement in USA Today announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a "Left-Handed Whopper" specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new whopper included the same ingredients as the original Whopper (lettuce, tomato, hamburger patty, etc.), but all the condimentswere rotated 180 degrees for the benefit of their left-handed customers. The following day Burger King issued a follow-up release revealing that although the Left-Handed Whopper was a hoax, thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to request the new sandwich. Simultaneously, according to the press release, "many others requested their own 'right handed' version."
1998年愚人节，汉堡王在今日美国报纸上发布了真个版面的广告，介绍他们的新食物：左手汉堡，据说是专为左撇子人士设计，啥都没变，就是全部旋转了180度（小编好奇：转了180度有区别么？）成千上万的顾客因此前来品尝，而且有人要求设计“右手汉堡”。
老实说，我真怀疑那些上当的顾客的智商……
Hotheaded Naked Ice Borers
热性裸体凿冰虫
Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer1995: Discover Magazine reported that the highly respected wildlife biologist Dr. Aprile Pazzo had found a new species in Antarctica: the hotheaded naked ice borer. These fascinating creatures had bony plates on their heads that, fed by numerous blood vessels, could become burning hot, allowing the animals to borethrough ice at high speeds. They used this ability to hunt penguins, melting the ice beneath the penguins and causing them to sink downwards into the resulting slush where the hotheads consumed them. After much research, Dr. Pazzo theorized that the hotheads might have been responsible for the mysterious disappearance of noted Antarctic explorer Philippe Poisson in 1837. "To the ice borers, he would have looked like a penguin," the article quoted her as saying. Discover received more mail in response to this article than they had received for any other article in their history.
1995年愚人节。探索杂志著名野生动物学家Aprile Pazzo博士在南极洲发现了一种新生物：热性裸体凿冰虫。这种生物的头上有盘状骨头，血液丰富，温度很高，因此能够穿透冰层。他们以此来捕食企鹅。Pazzo博士同时声称，经过详细调查，这种动物与1837年南极探险家Philippe Poisson的失踪有关：“对这种虫来说，他可能长得像企鹅。”探索杂志上还从来没有哪篇文章得到如此多的读者反馈。
探索杂志忽悠起人来也颇有专业精神啊
Planetary Alignment Decreases Gravity
万有引力消失
1976: The British astronomerPatrick Moore announced on BBC Radio 2 that at 9:47 AM a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event was going to occur that listeners could experience in their very own homes. The planet Plutowould pass behind Jupiter, temporarily causing a gravitational alignment that would counteractand lessen the Earth's own gravity. Moore told his listeners that if they jumped in the air at the exact moment that this planetary alignment occurred, they would experience a strange floating sensation. When 9:47 AM arrived, BBC2 began to receive hundreds of phone calls from listeners claiming to have felt the sensation. One woman even reported that she and her eleven friends had risen from their chairs and floated around the room.liuxuepaper.com