In January 1749, pranksters published in London newspapers that a showman would squeeze his entire body into a wine bottle at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. When the public that had shown up realised there was no such performer, there was a riot. Although not technically an April Fools prank, it […]
John Partridge was a famous astrologer who sold predictions to the public in almanacs (which were, according to Jonathan Swift entirely bogus). When Partridge predicted, in his 1708 almanac, that a fever would sweep London, Swift decided it was high time for a good pranking. Swift published an almanac under […]
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