Large corporations have been using their reach and huge piles of cash to run hilarious April Fools' Day pranks for years.
Check out this list of the best April Fools' Day pranks pulled on the public by Big Business.
In order to “help with the national debt,” Taco Bell announced to the world that they’d purchased the Liberty Bell and renamed it the “Taco Liberty Bell.”
One of the biggest dating services announced plans for a service that would allow owners to match their dogs with others for playdates using a special algorithm.
Photography: eHarmony
Amazon advertised a service where you could have a book you’d ordered hand-delivered by the author who wrote it.
Photography: YouTube
There’s not much more to say here than Scope pranked the Internet with its bacon-flavored mouthwash and tons of people bought into the excitement.
Photography: Proctor & Gamble
As if Starbucks’ naming scheme for its drink sizes doesn’t get enough attention, the coffee company announced plans for two new sizes – one extremely small and the other large enough to grow a plant in.
Photography: Starbucks
As the World Wide Web was developing into what we know as the Internet, PC Magazine journalist John Dvorak reported on a bill going through Congress that would prevent Americans from browsing the web while impaired by alcohol or drugs, as well as, track users activity to keep them from discussing lewd topics. The report stated that the FBI would tap the phone lines of those who were intoxicated, "while on the Information Highway." Senator Edward Kennedy had to make a formal statement, denying the existence of the bill.
Google trolled its email users in 2007 with a new service called Gmail Paper. A button added to the Gmail interface would allow users to receive a paper copy of any message.
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Burger King published a full-page ad in USA Today for its new left-handed Whopper. They claimed all the ingredients were rotated 180 degrees for better weight distribution.
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To go along with its #BINGEON campaign, T-Mobile created an ad for the BINGE ON UP – a headset that allows users to stream content on their phones at any time, without restrictions. The TV spot featured people wearing the intrusive headset while taking a bubble bath, hiking, mowing the lawn, cooking and even while performing a teeth cleaning on a dental patient.
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As a joke, Burger King advertised a Whopper sandwich made of chocolate. Two years later, the chocolate Whopper prank became reality when the company released a beef burger in Taiwan dressed with chocolate sauce and peanut butter.
Photography: Burger King