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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Julia Banim

April Fool's Day 2023: Biggest pranks including silent flights and cement perfume

Love it or hate it, April Fool's Day has once again wreaked havoc on our lives for one long, chaotic morning, and there's no judgment at all if you ended up falling for one daft prank or another, especially given that some are pretty convincing.

Big brands have been at it again, with B&Q flogging a perfume range of scents including 'Powder of Cement', 'Fresh Saw Dust', and 'Freshly Cut Grass'. For those of us who actually love such smells, it was perhaps a bit disappointing to learn that this was just a hoax.

Over on Instagram, a number of keen readers were positively horrified by one piece of joke news, while one very topical musical theatre announcement very nearly had people queueing up to buy fake tickets.

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