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This is alist ofpractical joketopics(also known as a prank, gag, jape, or shenanigan) which are mischievous tricks orjokesplayed on someone, typically causing the victim to experience embarrassment, perplexity, confusion, or discomfort.[1]

Practical jokes differ fromconfidence tricksorhoaxesin that the victim finds out, or is let in on the joke, rather than being fooled into handing over money or other valuables. Practical jokes or pranks are generally lighthearted, reversible and non-permanent, and aim to make the victim feel foolish or victimised to a degree, but may also involvecrueltyand become a form ofbullyingif performed without appropriate finesse.

Practical jokes

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April Fools' Day prank forCopenhagen Metro,2001

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Berners Street Hoax.Lithograph byAlfred Concanen

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Exploding cigar,1917 edition ofPopular Mechanics[2]

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Vermin Supremeglitter bombsRandall Terry

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Hacks at MIT

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Patent drawing for ajoy buzzer,Soren Adams'1932 U.S. patent

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Alace cardfrom the early 1970s

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Non-human electoral candidates–Dustin the Turkey,Irish television puppet from the1997 Irish presidential election.

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Pieing

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Stink bomb
Student prankwith bicycles

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Valentine Phantom

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Whoopee cushion

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See also

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References

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  1. ^"Practical joke".Dictionary.com.Retrieved2012-05-27.
  2. ^"Exploding Cigar advertisement".Popular Mechanics.Hearst Magazines: 136. January 1917.ISSN0032-4558.
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