Top 40 Pranks - Prank Ideas for April Fool's Day

Looking for the top pranks of all time? With April Fool’s Day just around the corner, it’s time to ‘get your prank on’. Accordingly, we’ve prepared a cluster of our favorite pranks. Hopefully you can use this list to inspire your own pranks.Be warned that many of these pranks require a lot of effort.

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Cops Bust a (Root) Beer Kegger Party

When his friends got suspended from school sports because of photos showing them drinking from red cups, Dustin Zebro decided to mount a protest of sorts: he invited scores of kids to a kegger party, which got busted by the cops. But the kids got the last laugh, and here’s why:

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The American Teenager (photo gallery)

Over the course of her career, photojournalist Robin Bowman has worked for People magazine, traveled to dozens of countries and negotiated countless difficult situations, including the conflicts in Darfur and Bosnia.

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Life's little mysteries, like: Why do women wear high heels?

Why do women wear high heels? Why are soft drinks in round containers while milk cartons are rectangular? And why did kamikaze pilots bother with helmets? Here, ROBERT H FRANK uses economics to explain the weird and wonderful situations we encounter in everyday life

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No, the LHC won’t destroy the Earth

Two men are suing to stop the LHC from being switched on, saying it may be dangerous and might even destroy the Earth: But Walter L. Wagner and Luis Sancho contend that scientists at the European Center for Nuclear Research, or CERN, have played down the chances that the collider could produce, among other horrors, a tiny black hole...

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English will turn into Panglish in 100 years

English as it is spoken today will have disappeared in 100 years and could be replaced by a global language called Panglish, researchers claim.

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House to probe shady Pentagon contract given to 22-year-old

Times story reveals that the Pentagon gave an inexperienced 22-year-old a $300 million contract to provide ammo to Afghanistan. The shady deal resulted in decades old, substandard munitions being delivered to US and Afghan troops.AEY is apparently still in business, and it is hiring, according to this Craigslist ad.

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Kremlin Orders 3,200 Mice. No One Knows Why

It always freaks me out when Russia does something like this. Now, shrouded in secrecy, 3,200 white mice have been ordered by the Kremlin guard: the elite troops who protect President Putin. Hope the mice will be ok.

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Point out that headset is overpriced? Best Buy calls police.

Best Buy called the cops on Alex because she told another shopper that the Jawbone headset he was considering was poor quality and marked up $30 from the manufacturer's price. Alex went to Best Buy to purchase a new Bluetooth headset because the Jawbone she recently purchased from Verizon wasn't cutting it.

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Anti-Emo Riots Break Out Across Mexico

Riot police have taken to the streets of several cities in Mexico to ... defend Emo kids?

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Who'd Win March Madness Based on Salary?

If 2008 NCAA tournament scores were determined by the median salary of its graduates,this is how the March Madness brackets would shake out.

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Possibly the Greatest Invention of this Millennium

Holy crap. Table-Top Beer taps. Have we perfected the "Sports Bar"?

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Free Dr. Pepper for everyone in America!*

* If Axl Rose releases the long-awaited new G&R album 'Chinese Democracy' in 2008.

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Dick Cheney's Been Preparing for An Economic Collapse

"Wouldn’t you like to know where Dick Cheney puts his money? Then you’d know whether his “deficits don’t matter” claim is just baloney or not. Well, as it turns out, Kiplinger Magazine ran an article based on Cheney’s financial disclosure statement and, sure enough, found out that the VP is lying to the American people."

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Does the Human Brain Possess Potential Super-Powers?

Some of the most incredible minds on Earth lack the ability to filter irrelevant facts and can retain information at incredible rates. Somehow their brains are able to store & access incredible loads of info, even perceiving & relating to this info in an entirely different way. Some scientists even believe that our brains could possess super-powers

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The NGC 3576 Nebula

Is pretty.

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6 Endangered Species That Aren't Endangered Enough

In some cases, nature does not deserve mercy.

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Teasing Batman

"This is looked upon as viral marketing, but you have to look at it as an engrossing experience -- you have people getting very attached to the game," Waite said. "You're not a passive onlooker, you're taking an active role. And any time you take an active role, you're emotionally connecting. That's why people keep coming back."

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PhotoShopped to Catastrophe

Diane Keaton with only three fingers on right hand, cloned visitors on a football game, some severed hands and other comical designer errors collected in one place.

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Obama wrote the whole thing... Himself?!?!

The speech given today that has been generally considered to be one of the pinnacles of political honesty and rhetorical brilliance was the work of Obama alone, not his political team.

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How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong

While Apple's tactics may seem like Industrial Revolution relics, they've helped the company position itself ahead of its competitors and at the forefront of the tech industry. Sometimes, evil works....

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SNL: Tracy Morgan Responds to Tina Fey on Clinton/Obama

VIDEO: SNL’s Weekend Update team of Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers take jabs at Elliot Spitzer and Mitt Romney while alumni Tracy Morgan comes back to respond to Tina Fey’s promotion of Hillary Clinton three weeks ago with his own defense of Barack Obama.

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[PIC] iPod Pictured Onboard Space Shuttle Endeavour

A TUAW reader has managed to spot an iPod onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which is currently floating around in a giant vacuum. The hawk-eyed reader spotted the iPod from official NASA photos, which showed the device, barely visible, through a cabin window.

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What You Don't Know About Living in Space

Over the years, living in space has forced astronauts to make a few concessions to things you would not give a second thought about when staying at a Holiday Inn.

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Hollywood's 6 Favorite Offensive Stereotypes

People think of Hollywood as the most liberal place in the known universe, but really that only goes as far as the drugs and orgies are concerned. When it comes to minorities, Hollywood still seems to have a few shamefully corny and simplistic roles in mind. Here's the six Hollywood stereotypes that can't die soon enough:

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Saying that Hillary has Executive Branch experience is...

Quote of the day: "Saying that Hillary has Executive Branch experience is like saying Yoko Ono was a Beatle".

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The 10 Most Bizarre Millitary Experiments

We suspect that every military had a secret room full of stoned dudes who just stare at the ceiling and dream up crazy stuff to build. In support of our "secret room full of stones dudes" theory cracked.com presents the following actual military projects that stretch the limits of the non-stoned imagination.

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TWO New International Speed Racer Trailers Launch!

You need to see these - I am excited as HELL for this. I know I may be alone and I know this may create controversy, but it's designed to look like a video game and I think it's going to kick some serious ass. The Wachowski's are back and they're going to blow your mind again with Speed Racer, I guarantee.

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New Awesome "Indiana Jones 4" Poster

The (possibly) final theatrical movie poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by legendary movie poster artist Drew Struzan has been unleashed. The poster features the first official close-up look at the alien-like Crystal Skull and a snake crawling out from the foliage around the Mayan ruins.

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New Awesome "Indiana Jones 4" Poster

The (possibly) final theatrical movie poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by legendary movie poster artist Drew Struzan has been unleashed. The poster features the first official close-up look at the alien-like Crystal Skull and a snake crawling out from the foliage around the Mayan ruins.

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How This Economy Is Going To Play Out

15 preditions for the future..none of it good.

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Jon Stewart Ponders Bush's Ignorance About $4 Gas

On Thursday night's episode of "The Daily Show," host Jon Stewart riffed on the fact that President Bush was unaware of the fact that analysts have predicted gas prices could soon reach four dollars a gallon.

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Catch malaria — and get $4,000

The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will pay volunteers as much as $4,000 to be bitten by mosquitoes infected with malaria.

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Top 10 Worst Urban Myths

In a moment of serious killjoy-osity we've trawled through the world of urban myths to find the scientifically most inaccurate... well, the ones which are just quite daft. So what's the truth behind KFC's mutant chickens and are blondes really going to go extinct?

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Get paid $500 for your next job interview. Honestly

New site really pays you to interview, you set your own price

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The trouble with Steve Jobs

He's the best thing and the worst thing for Apple?

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Moses was high on drugs: Israeli researcher

High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published this week.

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At A Staggering Cost Of $8000/Gallon; We All Pay The Price

The Inkjet Refill Racket: Why I've given up on the world's most expensive fluid

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Bush spends 452 days at Crawford ranch.

Bush's stay there this past weekend with the the Danish prime minister marked Bush’s 70th visit as president. President Ronald Reagan, one of the modern presidency’s most “famous vacationer[s],” spent just 335 days at his ranch in Santa Barbara, CA.

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Great Way to Add an Additional Room To Your Apartment [Pics]

If you want an extra room for your small apartment this might be a great idea to take in consideration. Take a look!

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The 7 Essential Habits Of A Successful Fitness Routine

The 7 habits which are essential to adopting a successful fitness routine to gain strength, lose fat, and increase general fitness.

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How come nobody told me about the Dallas airport?

I recently missed a connecting flight from Vegas to Dallas to Boston, so I had some time to kill at DFW. My flight was leaving out of the D terminal and let me tell you, there are some strange and wonderful things there. From weird vending machines to massive structures right in the middle of everything, here’s some cool stuff I found.

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