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April Fool: From funny to fact

Some of the very strangest April Fool's tricks have, over time, become true. The Independent looks back at some of the best pranks that became reality.

Sex addicts slack in coming forward for treatment

A researcher has been forced to offer cut-price therapy deals to Kiwi sex addicts to coax them into a study.

Borat anthem slip-up angers Kazakstan

Object from space causes commotion in Brazil

Monkeys to be trained to pick coconuts

SPCA complaint after dead horse dragged 1km

Mysterious Lord Lucan 'escaped to Africa'

'Sugar daddy' sites a growing part of online dating industry

Dolphin's shock humpback whale ride

'Will you marry me?' billboard is quickly answered

It only took 20 seconds for the man who made a Valentines Day proposal on a billboard to get his answer.

Will you marry me? Man pins hopes to Valentine's billboard