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May 8, 2006 :: Volume 2, Issue 4
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April Fools: Net Hoaxes Snare Fools All Year

Posted by TimSlavin at April 1, 2004

"The infinite power supply does not exist. But for the past two years, that fact hasn't stopped people from trying to buy one.

In fact, ever since ThinkGeek, an online retailer of offbeat gadgets, put up the item on its website as an April Fools' Day prank in 2002, requests to purchase the item have continued to arrive at a slow but steady rate."

Happy April Fool's Day, at least here in the US. This article from Wired has a couple fun stories about online pranks and types of pranks (if you're bereft of ideas).

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