The April 1980 Issue of Soldier Magazine claimed the bearskin used to make the iconic guard helmets had self regenerating properties & needed to be trimmed regularly - and The Daily Express further shared it hoaxes.org/af_databa...

In another instance of a nationwide hoax, Frankfurt Zoo claimed to have recieved a "Snow-White Elephant" from Burma in 1949. More than a thousand people had come to see the rare beast, only to learn it was just a regular elephant painted white

March 11 1980, The National Bank of Denmark issued a banknote featuring 2 sparrows - one of which only had one leg. The newspaper then ran a story on April 1 announcing all one legged bills were fake & even included a picture of the "real note"

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In view of the recent Artemis II launch, let's look at the Swiss Lunar Landing Hoax of 1967 - a Swiss radio station interrupted regular program with news that American astronauts had landed on the moon, & even had interviews with experts - 2 years before the actual moon landing!

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In the most epic prank of all, 46 comic strip artists conspired to pen each other's strips for 1 April 1997 - resulting in confusion and alot of fun! The stunt was masterminded by Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott - creators of the Baby Blues comic strips.

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The discovery of Nessie's "dead son" on 31 March 1972 resulted in a high-speed police chase when English scientists tried to remove the dead monster from Scotland. Turns out, it was an elephant seal.

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In one of the earliest recorded instances of an April Fool's Prank, the Dawkes's News-letter reported (on April 2 1698 ) that "several persons were sent to the Tower Ditch to see the Lions Washed". There was, in fact no lions in the moat of the Tower of London.

In 1977, The Guardian published a 7-page special report of the republic of San Serriffe, including a series of articles describing its geography & culture.

In 1978, Dick Smith - an adventurer & millionaire - promoted a scheme to drag an iceberg from the Antarctica into the Sydney Harbour... And for a moment everyone thought he did..until the rain washed the foam away.

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In 1962, the Swedish national TV broadcasted a 5-min segment teaching viewers how to use a nylon stocking to get instant colour Television.

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One of my absolute favourites is the Spaghetti Tree Hoax in 1957 by BBC Panorama, where they showed a family in Southern Switzerland harvesting Spaghetti from their tree. en.wikipedia.org/wik...

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Welcome to April - the month that starts with practical jokes and pranks! What's some of the greatest pranks and hoaxes you've ever encountered?

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In conclusion, horses are basically built to be SPEED RUNNING ON ONE TOE / FINGER ON EACH LIMB, with ALL THE ANXIETY OF PRAY ANIMALS, and the most questionable INSIDES. Seriously, HOW ARE THESE FELLAS EVEN STILL AROUND?!?! AND WE'RE NOT EVEN DONE WITH ALL OF THE HORSE FACTS!

Secretariat - a record setting racehorse - had an exceedingly large heart , estimated to weigh 22lbs (10kg). In comparison, a thoroughbred's heart averages 9lbs (4kg). He went on to sir 663 foals, producing many winners before being put down at 19 due to laminitis.

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A larger heart also provides an atheletic advantage to horses - as a larger heart can move a larger volume of oxygenated blood to the muscles. However, a larger heart can also put the horse at risk of ventricular arrythmias, resulting in sudden death.

Because of how inefficient horse lungs are, they need additional ways to improve oxygenation during strenous activity. ENTER THE HORSE SPLEEN - which acts as a high-capacity warehouse of red blood cells, ready to dump them out into the blood stream duiring exercise

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An additional effect from how they breath also means that horses hold the breath during jumps - and will not breathe again until they land - when the insides slam up against their diaphragm and they exhale.

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This also means that when moving at speed, one stride = one breath - which means the faster the horse runs, the faster they breathe (because the faster their insides slam up against their diaphragm. This is know as respiratory-locomotor.

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Instead, when moving at speed, they breath via the movement of their legs and diaphragm - with the diaphragm working like a plunger in a syringe (the chest cavity) and the GUT SLAMMING INTO THE DIAPHRAGM FOR THAT PRESSURE.

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Horses also don't breathe by expanding and contracting their chest cavity when running - they can only do that at rest or while walking or trotting! As such, it's also not possible to train their lungs like humans do to breathe more efficiently

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Because horses are obligate nasal breathers (they can't breathe through their mouth, only their nose) , the resistance in the upper nasal passage means catching a cold is REAAAAALLLY HORRIBLE for them.

HOWEVER...Those massive lungs are rate limited. Due to the size of their heart and how their chest cavity functions, they can only use about a third (18L) of the 60L volume. On top of that, it's twice as hard for them to breathe during exercise.

Now that we are sufficiently horrified by the horse gut... let's address the horses ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE LUNGS - WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 50 - 55 LITRES. At rest, a horse moves 60 litres of air a minute. In comparison, a healthy human would move 8 litres of air a minute.

So It comes as no surprise then, that Colic is a number one cause of equine death. Colic in this case refers to issues from Gas buildup , Impaction, Displacement and Torsion. Some issues can be eased by encouraging movement - so many owners would walk their colicky horses

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Continuing on the bizarre gut of the horse - their hindgut, which includes the caecum, large colon, small colon, rectum and anus, makes up 60% of their ENTIRE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACK, and holds up to a whooping 124 LITRES OF FEED AND FLUID.

That said, carbohydrates and sugars are STILL important to horses - if they are involved in high-metobolic activies like trainings and competitions, these feeds can help meet the increased energy demands.

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