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!
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