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Zynoid
Did you know that Alexander the First of Russia was gay for the Napoleon?

Atlas-Preussen wrote:

OMG it's the King Yupsie

Omg it is my favorite cartographer Atlas!

Atlas-Preussen wrote:

Omg I'm someone's favourite in something

When will the next update be to the map?

Krasivoye wrote:

Zynoid
Did you know that Alexander the First of Russia was gay for the Napoleon?

yep and I love it (kinda hilarious considering the time period)

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Krasivoye wrote:

Zynoid
Did you know that Alexander the First of Russia was gay for the Napoleon?

Lol I did not know that

Hello folks

Did You Know

These are two funny and wild hoaxes that fooled the public, one from radio and the other from TV when it was just starting out.

Martians are invading
On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles' put out an adaptation of The War of the Worlds on his radio show in the USA, and it was presented as a real news report. He gave the impression that Martians were currently invading Earth and wrecking havoc, causing many listeners to mistake it for a real story. Panic ensued, and it was so widespread that some people fled their homes, and law enforcement received countless emergency calls. It became so dramatic that Orson was forced to apologise to the thousands of fooled Americans, and subsequently received no repercussions.

Spaghetti grows on trees
On April 1, 1957 (yep, April Fools' Day), the BBC aired a TV segment showing Swiss farmers harvesting spaghetti from trees. It depicted women pulling strands of pasta from tree branches. Pasta still wasn't popular in Britain, so many viewers were fooled into believing this is how you really make spaghetti. It led to numerous calls from confused and curious people asking for spaghetti seeds in order to grow their own spaghetti trees. I'd say that's pretty successful Apri Fool's prank!