British Media 2013: Those true but ridiculous news

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Real news on April Fool’s Day

Monday (April 1) is the annual April Fool’s Day. False news has appeared in major British newspapers and other media. The British readership is a challenge.

Among all kinds of news that are difficult to distinguish between true and false, the BBC has sorted out 10 news that are true or at least planned.

1. The "Daily Telegraph" reported that the Department of Education at Durham University in the UK has a course called "Harry Potter and the Age of Phantoms". Contents of this course include "Welcome to Hogwarts: Commodified Education". Meanwhile, consumer rights website Which? discovered that the University of Abertay Dundee in Dundee, Scotland, offers an "ethical hacking" course.

2. The Independent reported that Danish toy giant Lego will stop selling Jabba the Hutt set toys due to criticism from Turkish activists for being anti-Muslim. Austria's Turkish Cultural Association said the palace toy set is about a terrorist who likes to smoke hookah and kill people. Critics say the toy palace resembles Istanbul's Hagia Sophia. Lego has agreed to stop producing the toy from 2014.

3. The BBC news website reported that 300 flea performers in a flea circus in Germany froze to death in the cold weather. Circus owners have found 60 new fleas to replace the performers.

4. The Times reported that NASA will capture an asteroid in a large package and tow it to the moon. The project costs up to $100 million and will be included in NASA's 2014 budget. If successful, the asteroid could help with long-range space missions.

5. "Daily Mirror" reported that the famous British support group Ant and Dec recently performed their 1994 song "Let's Get Ready to" on the popular entertainment program "Saturday Night Takeaway" hosted by themselves. Rhumble", the song became a hit and became the number one song in the UK singles chart this week.

6. The "Daily Mail" reported that a British police officer accidentally tripped and fell while investigating a burglary at a gas station, causing injuries to his wrist and leg. He is suing the gas station owner. The officer said the gas station owner did not turn on the lights or tell him there were steps out front to ensure his safety.

7. The "Daily Mail" reported that a woman in Bradford, England, claimed that she was raised by a group of capuchin monkeys in South America. Marina Chapman says she was kidnapped as a child and dumped in the forest where a group of capuchin monkeys raised her for five years. Over time, her body developed leathery skin and powerful arms.

8. The "Daily Telegraph" reported that British Prime Minister Cameron waded through waist-deep muddy water near his home to save a neighbor's sheep. Cameron suggested renaming the rescued ewe "Swamp".

9. The Times reported that the wedding of former British Prime Minister Churchill and his wife was almost canceled because he went to Scotland to visit another woman before the ceremony. One biography of Churchill states that Churchill angered his future wife, Clementine Hozier, by visiting Violet Asquith in Scotland. Asquith had been seen as a potential wife for Churchill, who sought her out to explain his decision to marry Hozier.

10. "Daily Express" reports that "Ralph Rabbit" has regained the title of the world's largest rabbit. This giant rabbit weighs nearly 23 kilograms. Its weekly rations are worth ￡50.

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