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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Taco Bell pretended to buy the liberty bell.

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