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April Fool's Day

Patented: History of Inventions

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The Myth of the Jackalope

We seem to make appearances round about April Fool's Day. Mythical animals are one thing, and then we have what I call ironic cryptozoology - mythical animals that are invented purely as jerks. People do believe in the Loch Ness Monster. They do believe in Bigfoot. But there are always some who knew better and who would exploit that. So the idea of capricious hands at work is really interesting. Just talk about technology. The world's only flying Jackalope because he does have wings. Can we see your Jackalope? He's not in this office, unfortunately. And he's for a particular bad where he lives.

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