April fools

1 - TV viewers were conned into believing spaghetti grew on trees when BBC programme Panorama covered a "spaghetti harvest" in Switzerland in 1957. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree.

2 - Astrologer Patrick Moore told Radio 2 listeners in 1976 that a rare alignment of the planets would reduce the Earth's gravitational pull, so that anyone who jumped in the air would feel themselves floating. Hundreds of people phoned in to say they had felt it.

3- Burger King advertised left-handed burgers in an American newpaper in 1998. Thousands of customers swamped stores asking for one.

4 - Swedish TV viewers were conned in 1962 when a scientist announced on the news that black-and-white televisions could be converted into colour sets by pulling a nylon stocking over the top.

5 - Internet search engine Google advertised in 1996 for staff for its latest office - on the Moon.

6 - The Parisien newspaper upset readers in 1986 when it reported that an agreement had been signed to dismantle the Eiffel Tower and move it to Euro Disney.

7 - Car manufacturers BMW ran adverts in a newspaper for its latest model, featuring fly-repellent windscreens and tyres which could be adjusted at the push of a button inside.

8 - In 1996, Virgin Cola announced when its drinks passed their sell-by date, their cans would turn from red to blue. The joke was meant as a dig at Pepsi, which had recently unveiled new blue cans.

9 - Science magazine Discover announced in 1995 that a new animal species, the hot-headed naked ice-borer, had been discovered in Antarctica. The creatures had hot parts on their heads which allowed them to bore through ice and hunt penguins. Readers sent in a record number of letters.

10 - Tesco put an advertisement in The Sun in 2002 announcing the successful development of a genetically-modified whistling carrot. The ad explained that the carrots had tapered airholes in their sides and whistled when they were cooked and ready to eat.

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