Taco Liberty Bell

 

The Taco Liberty Bell was an April Fool’s Day joke played by the fast food restaurant chain Taco Bell. In 1996, Taco Bell took out a full-page ad in seven major U.S. newspapers announcing that it had purchased the Liberty Bell to help reduce the country’s debt and had renamed it the “Taco Liberty Bell”. Thousands of people protested before it was revealed the sale was a hoax. When asked about the sale, White House press secretary Mike McCurry replied tongue-in-cheek that the Lincoln Memorial had also been sold and would henceforth be known as the Ford Lincoln Mercury Memorial.

Yes, you read that correctly, there is a shark that can walk on land. The epaulette shark can “walk” between coral heads at low tide, along the seafloor, and even on land when needed. For that reason, it is often called the “walking shark.” Even though they can swim just fine, these sharks are often seen walking along the seafloor or across the reef. The epaulette shark’s ability to walk on its pectoral fins, and survive for extended periods with little or no oxygen allow these incredible sharks to actually walk on land.