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The best April Fools' Day hoaxes of all time!
Digital Big Ben
In 1980 the BBC issued a hoax news story that Big Ben was to go digital. The nation, who were going mad at the time over the new digital watches trend, lapped up the story and a businessman even tried to buy the clock hands.
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