No. 1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest, 1957: BBC news show Panorama announced that Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It included footage of peasants pulling strands of spaghetti from trees.

No. 2: Sidd Finch, 1985: Sports Illustrated published a story about a new rookie pitcher who planned to play for the Mets. He could reportedly throw a baseball at 168 mph with pinpoint accuracy and had mastered the art in a Tibetan monastery.

No. 3: Instant Color TV, 1962: That year in Sweden, there was only one TV channel, and it broadcast in black and white. The station's technical expert announced that viewers could finally get color reception — if they pulled a nylon stocking over their screen.

No. 4: The Taco Liberty Bell, 1996: The Taco Bell Corp. announced it had bought the Liberty Bell and was renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell.

No. 5: San Serriffe, 1977: Britain's The Guardian published a supplement devoted to San Serriffe, a small republic of several semi-colon-shaped islands in the Indian Ocean. Its two main islands were Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse. Its capital was Bodoni, and its leader was General Pica.

No. 6: Nixon for President, 1992: National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation program announced that Richard Nixon, in a surprise move, was running for president again. His new campaign slogan was, "I didn't do anything wrong, and I won't do it again."

No. 7: Alabama Changes the Value of Pi, 1998: The April 1998 issue of the New Mexicans for Science and Reason newsletter contained an article by physicist Mark Boslough claiming the Alabama state legislature had voted to change the value of pi from 3.14159 to the 'biblical value' of 3.0.

No. 8: The Left-Handed Whopper, 1998: Burger King published a full-page ad in USA Today announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. All the Whopper condiments were rotated 180 degrees.

No. 9: Hotheaded Naked Ice Borers, 1995: Discover Magazine reported wildlife biologist Dr. Aprile Pazzo had found a new species in Antarctica. These creatures had bony plates on their heads that could become burning hot, allowing the animals to bore through ice at high speeds.

No. 10: Planetary Alignment Decreases Gravity, 1976: British astronomer Patrick Moore announced on BBC Radio that Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, temporarily causing a gravitational alignment that would lessen the Earth's own gravity, and listeners would feel a floating sensation. Hundreds did, and one woman said she and 11 friends had floated around the room.

Source: museumofhoaxes.com