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No, Seriously

Posted in Hoaxes, Oddities by Greg Ross on August 24th, 2006

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There’s never a good time for a tsunami, but the one that hit Hawaii in 1946 (visible at center right) was particularly unfortunate. It landed on April 1, and many residents dismissed the warnings as an April Fools prank. Ultimately 165 people died.