Fact or Fiction? It Must Be April Fools' Day

Articles published on 1 April always need to be taken with a pinch of salt, particularly in the age of the Internet. Between Google and Bing's tongue-in-cheek shenanigans and decreased winnings for Kenyan marathon runners, there's no lack of new ideas for what people may or not believe.

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