r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MaruiKhy • 4d ago

Video April Fool Report Broadcast from 1957 BBC show

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u/Nice-Pumpkin-4318 3d ago

I've seen that a hundred times, and still can't get over how well done it was.

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u/YodasChick-O-Stick 3d ago

I learned about this in school. So many people fell for it, that the BBC was flooded with letters asking how to grow a spaghetti tree. They responded, "put a meatball in a can of tomato sauce, plant it in the garden, and wait"

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u/bang_bang_moneytree 2d ago

Shut up that is amazing 🤣 I'm weezing

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u/Infinite-Meal-254 3d ago

Probably the best April fools in history.

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u/Ash_Unhappy 4d ago

Should’ve revealed that it was April Fool. God knows how many grandmas and grandpas still believe spaghetti grows on tress.

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u/BornOriginal8633 3d ago

This is one of the first videos I ever saw on the Internet. I think it’s wonderful that it has survived all these years!

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u/Nizzle_92 3d ago

Ha! Got eeem

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u/No_Anywhere_6659 3d ago

This is pretty damn convincing haha

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u/bigNutRut 4d ago

R/unexpected

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u/YesterdayCharming976 4d ago

hahaha wasn’t expecting spaghetti

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u/Victoria-10 3d ago

😂

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u/junebugreggae 2d ago

A fav! I heard this one described a dozen times by my mom as a kid years before I ever saw it..