Prank or Not

A zoo in China passed off a chow chow dog as a lion.

A few weeks before April Fools Day, a celebrity announced an impending marriage to three women at once, one of which was a distant relative. The bakery he purported to be ordering his cake from had to shut down temporarily due to protests.

Six students impersonated the Abyssinian royal family and got the navy to give them a tour of a battleship.

Charlie Chaplin went to a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest as a joke, and ended up in second place.

Taco Bell pretended to buy the liberty bell.

A famous billionaire built a UFO and landed it in a London park while also enlisting a friend to dress like an alien.

A con artist tried selling the Taj Mahal in India. He came very close to selling it to a European billionaire, who wanted it for his new bride.

A prankster erected a fake iceberg in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

The San Diego Zoo put a man in a gorilla suit to entice visitors to come see their newest exhibit.

A Brooklyn resident promoted a fake video store that rented out films to be played on an old-school crank style projector. On the supposed opening day, the line stretched two blocks.