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How To: Do the Land O'Lakes Indian Butter (Boob) Trick

The artwork for Minnesota's Land O' Lakes butter packaging is classic, dating back to 1928 when it was first created by Brown & Bigelow illustrator Arthur C. Hanson. The logo was updated ("modernized") once in 1939, again in the '50s, and has undergone minor modifications here and there since. The legendary packaging is good for two rather nerdy tricks: A) a very trippy optical illusion and B) a very infantile boob illusion.

How To: Make fake semen

Learn how to make fake semen and trick all your friends. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: 5 Easy to Do Booby Traps You Just Gotta Try on April Fool's Day!

These are 5 simple yet effective booby traps you can set up on friends and family. Not much is needed, you already pretty much have the household items so just follow the instructions and you'll be on a prank spree this April Fool's Day!

How To: Make a spray can booby trap

We know that April Fool's has just passed, but that doesn't mean you can't still prank your friends and family in the most satisfying way possible (satisfying for you, of course, because it'll suck for them).

iPhone Text Bomb Your Friends: The Ultimate SMS Prank

The very first text message was sent on December 3rd, 1992 by Neil Papworth, an engineer for Vodafone, and it simply said "Merry Christmas." He may have jumped the gun on the whole Christmas thing, but you trying coming up with the first text message in history!

How To: Turn a Single Piece of Paper into a Freakin' Loud Sound Explosion Prank

There are a million things you can do with a few sheets of paper, from classics like an origami crane to a paper version of PSY that dances Gangnam Style, or even an M16 assault rifle. There's not much you can't make with paper.

How To: 12 April Fool's Day Pranks for Your Smartphone-Addicted Family & Friends

April Fool's Day, aka National Screw with Your Friends Day, is finally here. You can always pull a conventional prank, like strategically placing a whoopee cushion on your mom's chair, but that joke has been exhausted generations before smartphones were around. We live in a day and age where smack cam is the new level of pranking, so it's time to step your game up, novices.

How To: Make a paper envelope turn invisible to see what's inside

Desperately want to see what's inside an envelope without anyone knowing you've snooped? There's an easy trick you can use to make paper turn invisible - just long enough to read through it without leaving any trace behind! You just need to get your hands on some hexanes.

How To: 10 Super Evil Christmas Gift Pranks You Can Do This Holiday Season!

Although Christmas is a time to spend with family and be happy and full of joy, sometimes it's nice to pull a prank here and there, especially since many will not be expecting them.

News: Russian Pranksters "Dick" Bridge

A radical art group of Russian political pranksters, who go by the name of Voina, have delivered a giant "Up Yours!" to the Russian government... in the form of a 213-foot-tall penis.

How To: 4 Simple April Fool's Day Pranks to Play on Your Mac & iPhone-Loving Friends

If you're all out of prank ideas for April Fool's Day, we've got a few that your Apple-loving friends will enjoy (or hate?). You can have a little bit of fun if you don't have access to their iOS device or Mac, but for the best pranks, you will need access to their devices, even if it's just for a few seconds.

How To: The 13 Best Office Pranks for Torturing Your Coworkers on April Fool's Day

The best part about April Fool's Day is that everyone is fair game. Even big tech companies like Google and Twitter get in on the action every year. It encourages even the most uptight, unfunny party-poopers among us to have a little fun driving each other crazy with pranks — even at work.

Invisible Driver: The Absolute Best McDonald's Drive-Thru Prank Ever

There's absolutely nothing better than seeing the look of pure and utter shock on someone's face, and that is why I absolutely love this. It is by far one of the best pranks ever, and one of the best videos that I've seen in a while. Seriously. If you've ever used the drive-thru, you've gotta watch this.

News: Two Scientists Prank (Err, Demolish) Another Scientist. Faux-to?

Oh my God. So awesome. 0:41. How they did it:

How To: Make a pen shooter for office or classroom warfare, for fun

Looking for a fun way of making a nice little concealed pocket shooter for spit balls, q-tips, the whole shebang? Well check out this awesome video on how to convert a G2 ball point pen into a small pen shooter that you can load smaller ammunition into and fire from to annoy someone, or to use as a back up weapon in office warfare when you run out of nerf ammo!

How To: Booby trap your room to find it someone has been going through your stuff

Want to protect your things from people you suspect might be snooping? This video shows you how to set up simple systems for your closet, refrigerator, dresser drawer and even find out if someone has been helping themselves to your liquor!

How To: Make a ping pong ball smoke bomb

How cool are smoke grenades? You toss 'em into the air and they explode into a vision of thick clouds and smoke, preventing your enemy from seeing you as you stealthily sneak past him and shoot him upside the head with a paintball gun.

HowTo: Overturn a Cop Car in 9 Seconds

Russian political art pranksters Voina have struck again. This time they enlisted a group of art goons to overturn a cop car in order to "rescue" a child's ball (which was planted by the group in the first place). The trick? Lots of helping hands. Previously, Russian Pranksters "Dick" Bridge.

How To: Prank Your Friend to Make Them Think They're Going Crazy

Looking for some amusing jokes to play on your friends? Want to make someone think they're going crazy? This comedy how-to will help you convince a friend of their impending insanity. It'll have everyone laughing as you change the calendar dates, reset clocks and other fun ideas that will leave everyone laughing at the end!

How To: Make a cork bounce straight up for a bar trick

There are a lot of ways to get free drinks from people at a bar. Being good-looking is one, having rich friends another. If you aren't or don't have those things, watch this video! It will show you a trick that you can pull on bar patrons to make them buy you beer using only some corks and a secret prank technique.

How To: Pull off the exploding cigarette prank

Trying to get a friend to quit smoking? Try this prank and they might never pick up a pack again! In this quick tutorial, learn how to rig someone's smokes so that they explode when they use them! This is very funny and the cigarette looks real so it is easy to hide in plain sight. Give it a try!

How To: Make a prank exploding cigarette

Here's a good practical joke to scare friends and maybe even encourage them to quit smoking. All you need is access to their cigarettes and some blanks from a toy gun. Watch this video pranking tutorial and learn how to make an exploding cigarette. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Make your urine glow

Check out this how-to video to make your urine glow under black light. Freak out your friends with your radioactive pee! To make your urine glow, make sure you take the proper amount of vitamin b complex--just watch the video! Take one or two. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Nugget a backpack

Nuggeting is a popular craze hitting schools everywhere. It involves stealing a backpack, removing the contents, turning it inside out, and replacing the contents. The victim will soon find that their backpack has been turned in to a "nugget." This is a great prank for the school classroom. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Make a freaky frozen hand

Prank your friends at parties with this easy to make frozen hand. Great for decorations too. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Build a Diet Coke and Mentos Booby Trap

We've all seen how Diet Coke explodes when you put Mentos in it, but Gianny L has a way to rig a bottle of Diet Coke so that it explodes when you unscrew the cap—the perfect prank!

How To: Do cool tricks using infrared

Learn how to make cool effects using infrared vision. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Make fake edible poop

This video describes how to create convincing poop out of cocoa, honey and milk. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Prank friends with an electrified door handle

You'll need to know how to build a taser (or tazer) from a disposable camera first, but this tutorial will teach you how to turn your ordinary door into a entertaining prank shocking door that tazers anyone that uses the door handle. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: Make a friend pee his pants for a penny.

How to sucker your friend into getting his shorts wet all for a penny (and the cost of a funnel). Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!

How To: 5 Ice Cream Pranks You Can Do on Friends and Family!

Seems like everyone in the world loves ice cream so therefore you can easily set a few pranks and booby traps on those friends and family members of yours that love eating ice cream.

How To: 5 Mean Shoe Pranks You Must Try

The following are 5 pranks you can set up on your friends and family using their shoes. They're quite funny and to prepare these pranks all you really need are a few household items and a couple other things you can get at your local dollar store such as party snaps and party poppers. You'll also need access to your friends' shoes.

How To: 5 Soda Pranks You Must Try!

Video: . ?The following are 5 practical jokes you can set up on your friends and family, All these pranks involve sodas so make sure you have a few handy if you want to try out these pranks. Just a little warning, 4 out of the 5 pranks showcased in this intractable are pretty messy so prank at your own risk.

How To: Booby Trap a Door with a Balloon and Shaving Cream!

Video: . This is a very simple way to set up a booby trap inside your house for your friends and family, It can get messy so prank at your own risk.

News: The Best 2016 April Fool's Day Pranks from Around the Web

Every year, tech companies use April 1st as a means to prove that they have a sense of humor. Sometimes their jokes are good for a chuckle, other times the gags backfire disastrously. For the most part, however, we'd be better off without the bulk of these annual antics.

How To: 5 Pranks You Can Easily Do on April Fool's Day!

The following are 5 simple household pranks you can set up on friends and family this upcoming april fools's day! Watch the video tutorial for further details and demos!

How To: 5 Cruel Pranks You Must Do on April Fools' Day! HOW To!

Video: . For the first prank you're going to need an empty container, preferably black, a smoke bomb and a lighter. I gotta say though this prank is not for just anybody so prank at your own risk. Let me show you how its done, first apply some hot glue on the bottom of the smoke bomb, then stick it inside the container.