When April Fools goes horribly wrong [VIDEO]

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WIRED's 10 Best: April Fools' Gags (the Web Is Closing for Spring Cleaning!)

1976 At precisely 9:47 am on April 1, Pluto will pass behind Jupiter, causing a brief reduction in Earth's gravitational pull. Astronomer Patrick Moore urges his BBC Radio audience to jump into the air at that exact moment to experience a floating sensation. At 9:48, dozens of light-headed listeners begin calling the station to report their success.

2003 Bill Gates is dead, shot by a lone gunman at a charity event in Los Angeles. After three South Korean networks broadcast the story on local TV, ensuing panic triggers a 1.5 percent drop in the Seoul stock exchange — a value loss of $3 billion. Just another Windows-related crash.

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Eskom announces cascading catastrophe: 11 power stations down (09:47am)

Despite efforts to keep power supply 'nominal', a short at SubstationAF1 (near Nelspruit), [full story here] which in fact is a conduit bringing electricity from Cabora Basa, basically sent a surge which has resulted in a critical cascading effect. This is currently being loaded throughout the networks of Limpopo, Mpumulanga. Gauteng has been placed on alert, particularly since it is April Fool's Day ;-)