The story is fabricated. It was first published as an April Fools' Day joke in 2006 by a French fishing magazine. This story was once published in a legitimate fishing magazine – but it isn't real.

Satire published on April Fool's Day about the British government moving to reduce the capacity of vehicle fuel tanks is being taken seriously online. A screenshot of an apparent press release ...

An April Fools' joke about renaming Whitechapel London Underground station as "Chapel" has been reshared online as if serious. Referencing the British capital's public transport authority ...

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Warren Buffett acquired Tesla for $1 trillion in April 2025. Rating: On April 1, 2025, internet users shared a rumor that investor Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway bought Tesla, billionaire Elon ...

it’s International Fact-Checking Day, the post-April Fools’ holiday started by Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. It’s a day to celebrate the importance of facts and the news ...