MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
Today, you're probably on guard for April Fools' pranks.
A MARTÍNEZ, HOST:
Yeah. MORNING EDITION decided a few years ago not to produce any tall tales on April 1 - something about fake news not being such a fun idea anymore. Anyways, NPR did have a long tradition of trying to fake out people on April Fools' Day.
MARTIN: Here's the time we told you about Starbucks building a coast-to-coast coffee pipeline.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: The water comes in from the mountains, and at the precise second the beans are roasted and ready, they're added to the water in the spin-terfuge (ph), and off they go.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: They have a plan to divert this slurry into individual homes.
MARTÍNEZ: Who would believe that?
MARTIN: Me.
MARTÍNEZ: We also tried to convince you, that there were...
MARTIN: I would.
MARTÍNEZ: ...People who long for dial-up modems again - the slow internet movement.
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JONATHAN KERN: (As Dr. Langsam) The heart rate slows down. The thinking improves. The complexion improves. It's just amazing what it will do.
MELISSA BLOCK: And the whole perception of time, I guess, shifts as you slow down.
KERN: (As Dr. Langsam) Well, that's a very interesting point. While we can't actually lengthen the human life, we can certainly make it feel much, much longer by slowing down the internet.
MARTIN: OK. I knew that was fake. We brought you news of a sagging market for maple syrup and neglected trees so full of sap that they were exploding.
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ROBERT SIEGEL: An untapped tree is a time bomb ready to go off
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: Be - hey. Oh, watch it. Be careful there.
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MARTÍNEZ: Good to hear Robert Siegel's voice there. Now, those are just a few of the many examples over the years. But as we said, we're done with all that. So no more fake stories on April Fools' Day. We promise.
MARTIN: Maybe.
MARTÍNEZ: Probably.
MARTIN: Maybe.
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