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After the past year, you could perhaps forgive people for wanting to have a little fun this April Fools Day.
Many publications and organisations that usually take part in the tradition chose not to last April, but it seems the pranks are back for 2021.
But as anyone with a passing knowledge of the news knows, the reporting of strange events and unusual human endeavours is not limited to 1 April. Just as some of the media are having their make-believe fun, the real-life bizarre stories continue elsewhere.
Here is our round-up of some of the stranger than fiction stories around this April Fools Day:
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