FoodBozo.com

While playing an April Fool’s Day prank may land you in hot water, many media outlets and major companies have dared to orchestrate impressive hoaxes over the years. Here are the top April Fool’s Day pranks of all time:

1. Left-Handed Whopper

Canadians and Americans are world-renowned for their love of fast food, so it’s no surprise that this prank fooled many on both sides of the border. In 1998, Burger King published an ad in USA Today heralding the launch of an exciting new product: the “Left-Handed Whopper.” The burger was described as having the same ingredients as a regular Whopper, but with all the condiments rotated to optimize flavour for leftie customers. The next day Burger King announced that thousands of customers had requested the sandwich, while many others specified that they wished to continue receiving the right-handed product. After all, you don’t mess with a classic.

Read more: Top five April Fool’s Day pranks of all time

A $10,000 reward is being offered for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a series of food-tampering cases in major grocery chains in Calgary over the past three months.

The Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors, which represents grocers that have been targeted, including Safeway, Co-op and Sobeys, announced the reward on Tuesday.

Safeway became the third grocery chain in Calgary to be the target of food tampering after a piece of metal was found in a loaf of bread.

Read more: $10K reward offered in Calgary food tampering

Pistachios originated in the Middle East and are one of the oldest flowering nut trees, with evidence suggesting that people have enjoyed them from as early as 7,000 B.C.

Today, in China, the pistachio is often given as a gift during the Chinese New Year as a symbol of health, happiness and good fortune — and perhaps for good reason. While enjoyed around the world for their crunchy, delicious taste, new research continues to show the big health benefits of the little pistachio nut.

Read more: Healthy snacking

Most Jalapeño Chiles Eaten in 1 Minute

Record holder: Alfredo Hernandes
Location: USA
September 17, 2006

Heedless of the digestive difficulties that must necessarily have followed, Alfredo Hernandes consumed 16 fiery jalapeño chiles in one minute. This is one food feat we don’t encourage you to try at home, unless you like breathing fire.

Read more records: Food Records from Around the Globe