
If we have learned anything from Brexit, it is that not every joke is a laughing matter. So on April Fool’s Day, as you take a break from the clowns in Westminster to have some fun, beware history is full of outrageous gags that seriously backfired. Here, History Revealed magazine, which is out now, shares 10 tales of hapless hoaxes and japes that really are mirth their weight in gold…
Cliff was the only one who cracked up.