#28: Wisconsin State Capitol Collapses

[underpants]

1933: The Madison Capital-Times solemnly announced that the Wisconsin state capitol building lay in ruins following a series of mysterious explosions. The explosions were attributed to "large quantities of gas, generated through many weeks of verbose debate in the Senate and Assembly chambers." Accompanying the article was a picture showing the capitol building collapsing. Many readers were fooled—and outraged. One reader wrote in declaring the hoax "was not only tactless and void of humor, but also a hideous jest." Nevertheless, in 1985 The Science Digest named this as one of the best hoaxes ever.

The Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/P20/

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Even though a hoax, it's still the fault of Muslims and America's inability to illegalize gayness.

[Kokonoe]

2. What!... #9: Hotheaded Naked Ice Borers was a hoax.

No wonder that article of theirs made no sense. lol

At least I found out 16 years late.

[fishwax]

3. wow, I hadn't heard of that one

some funny stuff on there, though :)