Worst April Fool's Day jokes revealed .
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.
Glacier calves into lagoon forcing tourists to flee as wall of ice falls into water creating giant waves.
Tourists had to flee from the edge of a lagoon after a section of a glacier broke off creating large pulsating waves near the shore. The dramatic moment was captured on the edge of the Jokulsarlon lagoon in Iceland yesterday. Visitors can be seen walking out on the rocks towards the peaceful lagoon. All of a sudden, the Breidamerkurjokull glacier calves into the water creating a massive wave.
Teen says 'sorry for not dying' after miracle recovery from terminal cancer.
A young terminal cancer sufferer given just days to live has offered to refund £3,000 in funeral donations after a miracle all-clear and even APOLOGISED for not dying. Xsara Sanderson was given the devastating news that she had had stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma last July after suffering from symptoms including chest and neck pain and rapid weight loss.
Teacher 'suffocates infant by laying on top of him because he refused to nap'.
A teacher allegedly suffocated an 11-month-old boy by laying on top of his after he refused to nap. The woman, named only as Liao, is accused of pressing her body onto the face-down boy on the floor.
Saudi Woman Beheaded for Sorcery.
Saudi Arabia executed a woman Monday for practising magic and sorcery, which is banned in the ultra-conservative kingdom.
Young Boy Uses His Mum's Credit Card To Buy Rare £7,600 Toy.
It's pretty much par for the course that children will nag their parents for toys, sweets, and anything they can get their hands on. But one little boy took matters into his own hands when he swiped his mum's credit card and racked up a bill of £7,600 on a rare toy.
Death Row Inmate Russell Bucklew Told He Has No Right To 'Painless Death'.
The US Supreme Court has ruled that a death row inmate will still be killed using the lethal injection despite demanding to be gassed as he has no right to a 'painless death'.Russell Bucklew was convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, kidnap and rape in 1996. The 50-year-old murderer claimed that gassing him would be the best method because blood-filled tumours in his neck could burst if the injection method is used.
Australia Set To Introduce Public Register For Paedophiles.
A fully public register naming paedophiles, as well as showing their photograph, looks set to be introduced in Australia. The register would hold offender details such as name, date of birth, photograph and 'general location and nature' of their crimes, according to budget papers.
Shamima Begum Says She Was 'Brainwashed' When She Joined ISIS.
Shamima Begum, the UK teen who ran away to Syria to join ISIS, has claimed she was 'brainwashed' and has begged for the UK to give her a second chance. Begum, who was 15 when she travelled from her east London home to Syria in 2015, is married to Dutch terrorist Yago Riedijk, 27. Begum has lost three young children while living in Baghuz and also spoke about the recent death of son Jerrah, who passed away in February.
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