{"id":3965,"date":"2011-04-01T22:51:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T02:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/?p=3965"},"modified":"2011-04-01T22:51:36","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T02:51:36","slug":"our-favorite-april-fools-jokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2011\/04\/our-favorite-april-fools-jokes.html","title":{"rendered":"Our Favorite April Fool&#8217;s Jokes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tech companies are famous for their online pranks. It&#8217;s gotten to the point where they just can&#8217;t fool anyone but that doesn&#8217;t keep you from laughing. Here are a few of our favorite from this year.<\/p>\n<p>ThinkGeek released their incredible Playmobil Apple Store video with the bonus &#8220;Line Pack&#8221; for additional realism. 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