April Fools stories: bizarre but true

BBC published a list of 10 stories published on April Fools day that may sound like a work of fiction but are actually seriously true. It includes a flea circus in Germany that was struck by tragedy when 300 of its tiny performers were killed by cold weather. Durham University, on the other hand, offers courses in Harry Potter (“Welcome to Hogwarts: the commodification of education”) and “ethical hacking.” British Prime Minister David Cameron was reported to have waded waist-deep into mud to save a sheep near his home. The prime minister suggested that the saved ewe be renamed “Swampy.”


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