TV Buzz More proof that all TV news co-anchors secretly hate each other.
Pranks is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Pranks.
As a New Yorker, there's only a few of things one fears living here. The three are as follows; muggings, burglars, and bedbugs. Now then, imagine you waking up this morning to a snowstorm and this email. Classic.
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You don't like the people you work with anyway.
April Fools is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on April Fools.
This is my kind of evil. Passive aggressive evil. Work in an office? Forgot your April Fools Day prank? Got you covered. Just print this out and watch your co-workers scream at the printer in misplaced rage. Don't have a Canon? Also no problem.
The status of the American film based on the video game Halo has been up in the air for years. Luckily, Bollywood has taken it upon themselves to produce a big-budget Halo film.
Tech Buzz And so begins our slow descent into April Fools Day madness. I'll be keeping tab on the sites that are posting April Fools pranks all day, so check back often. Also, feel free to contribute if you see something that isn't on the list yet.
Culture Buzz Let's be truthful here for a minute, fools. April Fools pranks are sometimes funny! But mostly they're just awful. What is the lamest April Fools prank you've heard of or been a part of? Add yours in the comments, and we'll see if we can crown a winner.
Tech Buzz There are a number of sites that post stories or change their design layout to pull one over on their readers for April Fools Day. If you spend a lot of time online, this gets tiresome pretty quickly. Here are some of the most consistent offenders that you should avoid tomorrow.
Business Buzz The online stock trading site Zecco surprised its customers with fake multi-million dollar balances. Ha-ha! But then something happened… People started buying lots and lots of real stock! Now, everybody's screwed. Woopsies, Zecco!
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Not every ridiculous thing that happens on April 1st is fake. The BBC lists off the 10 stories that happened today which might sound foolish, but in fact, are completely true.
In Russia, it is socially acceptable to celebrate April Fools' Day by blowing up Lenin's statue with a huge bundle of TNT. There is also a leg wound in the statue, so it looks like Lenin got gunned down all over again. (He was shot at at some point, right? I would think yes.)
Improv Everywhere crashed the funeral of a man with very few surviving relatives to make it the best funeral ever! Sure, its a sensitive subject, but they just wanted to “spread a little joy to the saddest place of all!” And it worked! Until the end…
http://www.buzzfeed.com/contests/april-fools
Trick your friends into clicking something they shouldn't. Create an irresistibly clickable headline, link it to an revolting image, and thus celebrate April Fool's Day. The post with the most views wins!
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iTunes is letting users download a movement from John Cage's famous 4'33” for free this week. Unfortunately, people aren't too impressed. My favorite so far is: “just wonderin, is this guy 4 feet 33inches tall???”
Movie Buzz The Pirate Bay is announcing that as of today, April 1st, they've been acquired by Warner Bros. for approximately $13 billion. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Tech Buzz It’s April 1st, don’t believe it. BuzzFeed is happy to announce we’re replacing our editors with trained capuchin monkeys! I know, crazy right? We’ll also be giving away $10,000 to the person who can correctly guess what kind of sandwich we’re thinking of right now. Good luck!