April Fools

Delayed for 1 day but hey, Iranians play pranks on the 13th day of the Persian new year - falls on 1st or 2nd April. So not really delayed.

Do you know?

1) On 1st April 1946, 165 people killed in Hawaii & Alaska due to a tsunami. Most of them drown because they assumed that the tsunami warning was a joke. Poor bastards!

2) April Fool was the code name of an American agent who allegedly provided false intel to Saddam Hussein's military and led to the downfall of Saddam's government in 2003. Those damn dirty (but smart) Americans!

3) April Fools also did hit our nations important figure, Sir James Brooke,
the 1st White Rajah of Sarawak was forced to run butt-naked circling Padang Merdeka, Kuching
on 1st April 1865 after being tricked in a poker game by his future successor (also his nephew), Charles Brooke. It was witnessed by hundreds of local people & a few Iban children even managed to sumpit the White Rajah resulting in at least 3 blow darts stuck on his ass (haha!). This event was recorded in the book History of The White Rajahs (1960) by Nicholas Monsarrat - no photos however, only illustrations. I found this book in an antique bookshop located at LG of Sarawak Plaza.

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Forgive me, only No 1 & 2 are true facts. No 3 was completely fabricated by yours truly...