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April 1, 2004
This is [[April Fool's Day]]. Some April Fool's hoaxes for this year:

*In [[April 1st RFC|a tradition]] dating back to at least [[1978]] ([http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0748.txt RFC 748]), the [[IETF]] issues [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3751.txt RFC 3751], Omniscience Protocol Requirements, written by Scott Bradner, the Secretary and VP of Standards for the [[Internet Society]]. See [[April 1st RFC]].
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*The [[Toronto Star]] reports that [[jogger]]s in the city are upset at a new speed limit of 10 km/h in city [[park]]s; the limit is to reduce noise disruption during the sensitive mating season of the local black [[squirrel]] population. [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1080774613973&call_pageid=970599119419]
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*[[National Public Radio]] announces that the [[United States Postal Service]], as part of its "Go Postal" program, is launching a "National Portable Zip Codes Program," which will allow individuals to keep their old zip codes if they move within the United States. Opposition in Congresss is reportedly strong.


Things widely thought to be April Fools that actually weren't:

*The [[National Archives (UK)]] revealed that during the [[Cold War]], there were British plans to use [[chicken]]s to regulate the temperature in a [[nuclear bomb]]. 
*The [[Guardian]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1183266,00.html revealed] that the [[1954]] [[World Cup]] winning [[German]] team may have been given performance-enhancing injections.
*The [[Associated Press]] reported that [[Google]] would launch an [http://gmail.google.com/ e-mail service] with 1 GB of storage for each user.

==References==
*http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1183684,00.html
*http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/gmail.html