A fake news broadcast. A satirical press release. An April Fools' prank that went live before anyone could stop it. These are 10 times a punchline caused real damage — crashed markets, triggered international incidents, and ended careers. See the full list.

James Dean's death was sudden and brutal, but what happened afterward still confounds people. His Porsche 550 Spyder — nicknamed "Little Bastard" — was totalled in the crash, but its parts were sold off. Everyone who bought them got hurt or killed. One week before the crash, Alec Guinness looked at the car and told Dean he'd be dead within seven days. Read more.

The Federal Reserve published a report that most people missed. The US values its gold at $42 an ounce. Market price: $4,700+. That's an $850 billion gap. A senator just introduced a bill to close it. Every country that's done this before saw ordinary people's savings take the hit. What do we need to do next? Read the report.

Old newspapers are absolutely unhinged. We're talking court cases over a man who barked at his neighbours' dogs from his porch, formal government rulings on whether children count as "harmless animals" for postal delivery, and a woman who reported her husband missing but only wanted the Chihuahua back. See them all.

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