On April 1, 1976, BBC Radio 2 astronomer Sir Patrick Moore gave listeners some bunk about how, at 9:47 a.m., Pluto and Jupiter would align in such a way as to temporarily reduce Earth’s gravity. Moore told listeners to jump at exactly 9:47 to experience the once-in-a-lifetime effect. At 9:48, callers flooded the lines, eager to describe how they had briefly floated. When Moore explained the joke it no doubt brought everyone crashing back to earth.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 12:00:21 +0000
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