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BBC: Spaghetti-Harvest In Ticino

FYI: I bet you didn't know that spaghetti grew on trees, I sure didn't !
Regards,
Ted

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  • Ted, is this the same clip I saw many,many years ago on Johnnie Carson ?
    April Fools day !!!
    Derf
  • TedTed
    edited April 2016
    @Derf: Yes, I believe it was the Carson Show ! Its a very old April Fool's joke, and believe it or not there were people who actually believed it.
    On April 1, 1957, the BBC TV show "Panorama" ran a segment about the Swiss spaghetti harvest, enjoying a "bumper year" thanks to mild weather and the elimination of the spaghetti weevil. Many credulous Britons were taken in, and why not? The story was on television -- then a relatively new invention -- and Auntie Beeb would never lie, would it?
    Regards,
    Ted
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